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[BxBD] Inoue-Nakatani, Zurdo-Benavidez · 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. Judge. Judge. Judge. Time.
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Boxing Before Dark. I'm joined by Shanada. It's
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your boy, as usual. Shanada, how's Japan treating
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you these days? Good. I got my official leaving
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date, so I'll be going home on July 30th. I'm
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happy and sad at the same time. The end of an
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era. Yeah. My birthday is the end of June, and
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I'm going to ask the DJ at the bar in town if
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they'll do a 70s DJ night for me. My birthday
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is Sunday, but I'm going to ask if they'll do
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it Saturday, and then at midnight I can do my
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birthday thing. Are you going to do, like, 70s
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rock? Is that what you're looking for? Because
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you should be specific. All of it. I like all
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of it. Yeah, it'll probably be rock. It seems
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to be what they play. I was just worried that
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you might end up with disco. I would fucking
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love disco, though. Okay, that's what I was...
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I don't think the bar would like disco. But I
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would like disco. I don't... I don't know what
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the... Like, dead is disco? You know that adage?
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No. Disco's not dead. Disco's fucking awesome.
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The Beatles ruined music. And I will die on that
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hill. I hate pop so much. They will play Earth,
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Wind, and Fire. Whether they want to or not,
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they will. Yeah. And then like I'm gonna make
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them play Black Betty because nobody here knows
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that song and it's awesome. Imagine like a year
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down the line Black Betty is like a viral thing
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in Japan. It would be amazing. And it started
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back in 2026. Let's get into a little bit of
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just MMA chatter. Rod Tang, the Muay Thai legend
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himself, he was in a little bit of a kerfuffle
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with one FC. Yeah. That whole thing seemed very
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messy on both sides. It was kind of weird. I
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didn't really understand what the problem was,
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to be honest. Rod Tang said some not so nice
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things about one. And they were suing him, I
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guess, basically for defamation. That's not what
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they called it, but I think that's what it was.
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And then Rod Tang came out and was like, you
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guys made me sign contracts I didn't understand.
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I don't read English. And like, you never explained
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it in Thai. So then they did mediation or whatever
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the right term is. And Rod Tang's now a free
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agent. This will be a free agent fight versus
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Takeru. He's not going to work with one anymore,
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but he agreed not to sue them over the contract
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stuff. Is my understanding of what the agreement
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was. Interesting. And I think Rod Tang got a
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payout, but not much. On the scale of like...
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one money right so yeah it was it's just like
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shut the hell up money yeah exactly so but that
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means the one samurai card is safe and yeah this
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fight fell through already yeah well rod tang
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uh that was the one i went to i wanted to see
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rod tang live and um it fell through because
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he died at the weigh -in basically oh jesus so
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i booked two seats at my boxing bar i asked him
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if they would show one and he's like yeah i'll
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show it for you so yeah me and the the brazilian
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girl are going and i'm finally gonna order they
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have like the it's it's one of the soccer trophies
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that you can get full of beer i'm finally gonna
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order one i've never done it you should get a
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cocktail in it they would that peach pear seltzer
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uh yeah i think they would do like a rum and
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coke for me but it's big it's like a pitcher
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of beer yeah i don't think i want a pitcher of
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rum and coke when i'm trying to stay awake for
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a one card they're so long all 12 fucking hours
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of it yeah because i know me and i would drink
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that in the first hour and i would be fucked
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That's good. Yeah. But I'm going to get Asahi
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in it, I think. That seems to have been your
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choice. It's the... So, on draft, most bars have
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Asahi and Kieran. And I don't like Kieran so
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much. Sapporo's actually kind of... It's kind
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of hard to get here. Really? In draft. You can
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get bottles. Oh, I see. It's only the fancier
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bars that have it on draft. Asahi is the most
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common beer in Japan. And it's made in Tokyo.
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Like, they have a giant brewery in Tokyo. Okay,
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so that makes sense. Yeah. Did you ever find
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the one, the Okinawan beer, Orion? Yeah, yeah,
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I've had it. You can buy cans. I've never seen
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it on tap outside of craft places. It's a craft
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beer here. It would be the same as like beer
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or like a bar or something here having a Hawaiian
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beer on tap. Yeah, but like I'm sure there's
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Hawaiian beers that aren't really craft. Oh,
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yeah. Odeon's definitely not craft. It's just
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a pretty standard ass. yeah but they call it
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craft beer here so uh let's fucking get into
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the boxing stuff oh uh on the one samurai card
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we'll be talking about it more over on ultimate
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effing casuals wherever you're listening to this
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you can find that too so in the boxing stuff
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one thing not so fun boxing survey bxng .co slash
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survey I am trying to find out what the masses
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think of the quality of the belts, how you rate
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them individually, how you rank them against
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each other, what do you think of the secondary
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titles, etc. So bxng .co slash survey. And we
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just had Oscar De La Hoya and Nico Ali Walsh
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testify before the Senate. the Senate Commerce
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Committee, I believe it was, they spoke against
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the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act.
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If you didn't see the testimony, which I am willing
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to bet you didn't, I would say Oscar did not
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do a very good job. He was really robotic. He
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just read his blurb from his paper like he wasn't.
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It didn't feel very organic. if that makes sense.
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I mean, maybe that's a good thing. When Oscar
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goes off script, he can go kind of crazy. I was
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just thinking, because, like, Nico was, as much
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as we clown on him, you know, the whole Muhammad
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Ali's grandson, blah, blah, we joke on him a
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lot, but he was really well -spoken, and he was
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able to riff a bit. and it made it feel more
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genuine is what i would say yeah yeah that's
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fair but i mean oscar being genuine oscar maybe
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isn't the best for the senate yeah you gotta
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hit a few rails before you gotta blast off before
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you go to yeah to go to testify um it could have
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been worse like they had speaking in favor of
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they had the florida state athletic commissioner
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He was, like, fucking awful. Florida is one of
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the worst commissions in boxing. I would agree.
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I guess the Senate probably doesn't know that,
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but, I mean, if you can't get one of the good
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commissions to speak for it, it's not a good
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sign. Well, when they had the House testimony,
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the House of Representatives, They had California
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State testifying in favor of. That's disappointing.
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Two major hubs. The only other one would have
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been Nevada or New York. That would be a major
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hub. As much as I wish Arizona was up the ladder,
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it's not. No. Yeah. But there's still time. For
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you to contact your senators like it's going
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to clear committee and it's going to be brought
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to the floor for a vote. You can bet on that
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because even like the the ranking Democrats on
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the on the committee were like clearly in favor
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of it. Because as we've talked about, it sounds
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really good on its face. But the depth of it
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is where the problems start to show themselves.
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And I don't think these people have really looked
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into it. No. I don't think anyone on the Senate
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cares enough about boxing to understand the problem.
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Right. Yeah, all they see is, oh, fighter minimums,
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increased insurance for fighter coverage. Yes,
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these things all sound great, but there's more
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to it than that. Yeah. And then Nick Khan, he's
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a... I think he's the WWE guy. I believe so.
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I don't watch the wrestling. I don't watch wrestling
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either. I think that's his wheelhouse in the
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Zufa or whatever the fuck they call themselves.
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That's the one. But he was like... He gave really
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good testimony. As I was listening to him, I
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was like, man, if... I didn't know anything about
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this legislation. I would be like, hey, this
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guy's making really good points. Why are we against
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this? He is a salesman. Yeah. But like I said,
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there's still time. You can still contact your
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senator. Both of them, actually. LVXmedia .net
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slash b -sides. At the very top, there's a link
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you can use. to find the contact information
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for your senators. You can use my blurb. It's
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right there on the website as well. Or if you
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want to go off on your own, if you want to riff,
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whatever. But we got to do something to stop
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this. Your senators listen to constituent phone
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calls and emails and stuff. They listen to that.
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So maybe that's inner activist cope. But I genuinely
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believe that we can, if everybody listening to
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this did something, we could make a difference
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here. But that's enough of the not -so -fun stuff.
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Let's move on to Tim Zhu drops his whole team
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again. Yeah. This is not a good sign. No. He's...
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It seems really desperate. Tim is floundering.
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I'm not trying to say that they're like the same
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caliber of fighter, but Oscar De La Hoya did
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this a lot too. When he lost, he would like ditch
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his original team. He would go off to someone
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else. And then if he lost again, he'd ditch them
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and go to someone else. It's like there's no
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introspection here. The problem cannot be me.
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It has to be the people around me. And I don't
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know. Like, he looked fine against Nuria. So
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I don't... I'm not sure what the problem is.
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Yeah, it just seems like he's grasping at straws.
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Like... I should be better than I am. So obviously
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the problem is someone else. Yeah, I have the
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talent to be... Fucking undisputed. My dad. Yeah.
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I'm sure that's not a fun comparison to have
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to endure all the time. No, but. And his brother's
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catching up. Yeah, that's got to be a bit of
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an ego. A knock on the ego. Yeah, I'm failing
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at words today, Leo. I'm so sorry. No, it's all
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right. Yeah, little bro's catching up. That cannot
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be good for your psyche. No. No. Especially not
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when his dad treats him so shit. Yes. Dad expects
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the world of you. And is just an asshole by all
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accounts. Sebastian Fundura. It's looking like
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he's going to be fighting Jermel Charlo. Negotiations
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are underway. Still in preliminary stages, but
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this is according to everybody in the survey.
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Being the lineal champion, it means something.
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So this is a meaningful fight for Sebastian to
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take. I don't really agree, though. Yeah, I also
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disagree. I don't want to see the Charlo's. You
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guys have been out of it for so long. Like, fucking
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retire. The lineage is broken. It broke when
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Jermel moved up to fight. Canelo and just put
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on a stinker. That, to me, was the breaking of
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the lineage. Yeah. And I've had this discussion
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a couple times, but nobody really agrees on how
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a new lineage starts. According to the Ring Magazine
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rules, which I don't like, but when the number
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one and number two guy fight each other, that's
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the reestablishment. Right, but you have to have
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everyone agree who one and two are. The consensus,
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one and two. And yeah, we just don't have that
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at the moment. Because what we have, we have
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the Titleists. So because Xander Zayas is a unified
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champ, does that make him number one? When we
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would probably agree that Fandora probably beats
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him. Boots is probably going to beat him. Kelly
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gives him a hell of a fight. Yeah, I don't think
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140 has a clear one and two. There's too many
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people at the top. Oh, shit, sorry. Yeah, you're
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one lined up. Yeah, Jesus Christ. I'm a train
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wreck this morning. Anyways, I don't think that
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weight class has clear one and two. It's too
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top heavy. There's too many guys that are right
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there. So then... By that, Charlo is still technically
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the lineal champ. I guess, yeah. I guess. I guess
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that means something to people. It does. According
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to the respondents, it does. I'd rather see Fundora
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unify with someone. Right. Like you said, it's
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Fundora versus Kelly and then the winner of...
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Boots, Zaius, and then you got an undisputed
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champ. Which should start a new lineage. That
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would be perfect. He's been gone for so long.
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Why do we still hold up this relic of a bygone
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era? Era, yeah. But I guess if people care about
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the lineal and they think Charlo's still lineal,
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it makes sense. But Fandora's... Going on an
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old man spree. And I don't care. I didn't want
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to see the Thurman fight either. This is all
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that PBC can offer him. If they want to keep
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it in house anyway. Yeah, but just unify. I know.
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It really is that fucking simple. The cross promotion
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is absolutely possible. It happens all the fucking
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time. And they're all on the same platform now.
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It should be easier than ever. Right. PVC's still
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on Prime. But nonetheless, like, you could bring
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someone out from the DAZN stable. Yeah, like,
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DAZN's not... They don't make people only fight
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on DAZN very much. Like, they're okay with their
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guys going and fighting somewhere else. Because
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they're not really their guys. You know what
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I mean? Right. It's not an exclusive deal. Yeah,
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they're not bound to fighting only on their own.
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Like we used to have with Showtime and HBO. Yeah,
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the exclusive promotional shit or broadcasting
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rights. Yeah, that was a mess. Down to 140. IBF
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at 140, they were going to mandate Teofimo Lopez
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versus Lindolfo Delgado. Delgado is, I think,
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in the, he's in the number one or number two
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slot. So it makes perfect sense. And Teofimo
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is a cash cow. So might as well. But Teofimo
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rejects the fight and he says one welterweight
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division needs to take notice. I don't think
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Tio makes 140 very easy. Like, this makes sense
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to me. But also, Tio's such a fucking weird guy.
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He is. You're absolutely right. I do think he
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has bigger fights if he moves up. Like, bigger
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names to fight. Because everybody wants to see
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him against Haney and Ryan Garcia and all those
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guys. i would i don't think it's a i don't think
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it's a bad move for tio like this actually makes
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sense to me unlike a lot of things he does i
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don't think he's gonna do very good though because
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like as he's moved up in weight his power clearly
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has not carried up with him so that's only my
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only concern it's like you step in front of ryan
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garcia and he's not worried about the pop that
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you have then he's just gonna fucking walk over
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you. Devin Haney's just gonna style on you. That's
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true. But, like, they're way bigger money than
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Lindolfo Delgado. That's absolutely correct.
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And Tio has shown he can lose to anybody. I mean...
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He will never live down the Cambosa situation.
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Nor should he. That was such... No, that was
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such a bad loss. Cambosis has done shit since.
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Tio might as well chase the money because you
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never know when he's going to absolutely just
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look like shit. Yeah. I want to leave it there
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because we got a lot of news to get through.
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Agit Kabayel scraps his May fight waiting for
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the Usyk mandatory. Who was he going to fight
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in May? Maybe it was a TVA and that's why he
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scrapped it. Yeah, I'm not finding names either.
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Only thing I'm finding is that he was supposed
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to fight in May in Germany, but he's not going
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to anymore. That's really all I'm seeing. Yeah,
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I'm not seeing a name either. I guess that's
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why it's easy to scrap. Yeah. If you don't have
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an opponent announced, you can just cancel your
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TBA fight. Yeah, we're at the end of April and
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you don't have a name. Yeah, it's okay. Walk
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away from it. I think he should still do something
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to stay busy. My understanding is his plan is
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just to wait for... Because who's that? It's
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only a month. Yeah. Usyk and Verhoeven. Yeah,
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that's probably not going to take a lot of time.
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No, it's just a month away. Yeah, sorry. I assume
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that Usyk is going to win easily and not need
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a long recovery time. Yeah. Yeah, I expect the
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same thing. I'm expecting him to make easy work
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of Verhoeven. If anything, he's going to carry
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him. to make it more of a show. Yeah, so I guess
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Kabayel's assuming it'll be a pretty quick turnaround,
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and the WBC is going to call the mandatory. Which
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they did say they would, but we be crooks, as
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people like to call them. Yeah, also, I mean,
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Usyk is not opposed to dropping belts. He did
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IBF, and that's where AJB got beat by Dubois.
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He did WBO. Yeah, so the only risky part about
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this, I think, for Caballel is I wouldn't be
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surprised if Usyk just drops it and doesn't take
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the mandatory. Usyk has not said Caballel's name
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in any of his I want to fight these guys speeches.
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Yeah, he said everybody but Caballel, pretty
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much. Yeah. So I guess if Usyk drops it, Lawrence
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Okoli's the number one. Ew. I don't want to see
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Kabayel Okoli, but... If Kabayel just, like,
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slimes him, then I will send flowers to wherever
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in Germany. Thank you for ridding us of this
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fucking pestilence. Yeah. Atalma's two. But,
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I mean, if they're calling mandatories, they
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probably won't skip. No. Because Kabayel Atauma
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could be interesting. It would be. That would
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be a huge step up for Atauma. And Kabayel, I
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think he's a serious operator. So it's going
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to be... That would be some... That would be
24:49
a Discord roles war. Yeah. Speaking of novelties,
24:56
Tevin Farmer vs. Adrian Granados in Philly on
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May 22nd. Just thought we'd point it out. Speaking
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of pointing it out, MJ Akmedalia vs. Hegli Mosqueda.
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This will be in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on May 29th.
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Luis Neri vs. John Riel Casimiro has been rescheduled
25:18
for June 6th. This will be taking place in Japan
25:22
proper. Yeah, I guess the Kamedos have realized
25:27
that Kyrgyzstan's not an option right now. I
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wonder if Yabuki's going to be on this card as
25:35
well. Because he was headlining a different night
25:38
of the three -night weekend. I would hope that
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they would make him whole and bring him onto
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it. Yeah, I really like Yabuki. He's a lot of
25:47
fun. I would like to see him as the co -main.
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Because honestly, Neri Casimero's going to be
25:52
a shit fight. I'm hoping that Neary ends it early.
25:58
Yes, but Casemiro has looked so bad lately. If
26:03
it doesn't end in a knockout like round one to
26:08
three, I'm going to be disappointed in Neary.
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Let's see here. Brandon Lee. We've pointed out
26:20
before that he signed with Zufa. They haven't
26:23
really made an official announcement yet like
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they have with other guys. But he's going to
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be at the top of a bill for a Zufa card that's
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going to be taking place in Southern California.
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Not really sure where yet, but they want a SoCal
26:43
boy on the SoCal card. Makes sense. At least
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it's not in the Apex. Yeah. They're finally starting
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to venture out, which I know that's something
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that a lot of people have been really clowning
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on Zufa about it, is that they always fight in
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the Apex. It's a shitty venue. There's no fans
27:04
there. You can hear like a mouse fart. Yeah,
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it feels like COVID fights when they're in the
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Apex. The bubble? Yeah. Yeah, that's what the
27:15
Apex was built to be. That was their bubble.
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That's not fun. It's an owned property, so you
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don't have to pay site fees or anything. I don't
27:32
care about the business stuff. It's not fun.
27:35
All right. AJ Fury, talks are in the latter stages,
27:41
according to Eddie Hearn. Yeah, I mean, this
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fight's going to happen. It has to. At this point.
27:52
All the talks are saying AJ is getting a warm
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-up fight. Nobody agrees who the warm -up is.
28:01
I don't know. I think AJ and Fury should just
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fight. Yeah. Fury looked like shit. I think AJ
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can beat him without a warm -up. But what do
28:10
I know? AJ stays in shape. He doesn't have to...
28:14
Like, Fury does have the benefit of having a
28:18
camp. It doesn't appear to have been a good one.
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Yeah. I just don't like Fury. I don't either.
28:29
We've talked about it at length. We want AJ to
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win. Yeah. I want to see this fight and it has
28:37
to happen in England. That's the only thing I
28:39
care about. Yes. Where does this have to happen?
28:44
Devin Haney versus Shakur Stevenson. This is
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in preliminary talks. To be promoted by Zufa
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Boxing? So that means the Saudis are paying for
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it. God. They can't keep getting away with it.
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I mean, let them blow their money, I guess. I
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honestly don't know how well this one sells at
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the gate. You could do sleep studies here. For
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Insomniacs? I kind of think so. I mean, Shakur's
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been more fun lately. I have to give him his
29:26
props. He has become more entertaining in his
29:29
last couple fights. For sure. So perhaps he goes
29:33
for the knockout against Haney and it's fun.
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But I would not bet my hard -earned money on
29:40
that and buy a ticket. Mauricio Suleiman. calls
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terence crawford a coward i don't yeah i don't
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like did you see this yes no i don't like it
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either um crawford is not a coward um he just
29:56
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30:30
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31:00
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31:04
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31:06
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31:17
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31:24
I mean, Mayweather's going to style on a kickboxer.
31:27
Again. Yeah. I would bet money that Zambides
31:31
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into the recaps. They're really short. Yes. First
35:22
thing... Where the fuck... Here it is. MVPW number
35:30
two. This one was at the MSG Theater. Stuff happened.
35:39
Lonnie Daniels knocked out Shadesha Green in
35:43
nine to claim the IBF -WBO super middleweight
35:47
titles. Shadesha had a brain bleed, so I hope
35:52
she considers doing something else. Going forward?
35:56
Yeah. It does sound like she's good. Yes, she
36:01
seems to be okay. All signs point to good. But,
36:05
yeah, don't do a who's the guy, Venato. Yes.
36:11
Don't keep fighting. Brain bleeds are scary.
36:14
And Shadeja's done a lot in boxing. Like, she
36:19
can retire with a good career. Yeah. In the main
36:27
event, Alicia Baumgartner beats the shit out
36:31
of Bomi Rae Shin. It was pretty one -sided, but
36:38
Shin did not go away. You gotta give her props.
36:43
She fought that entire fucking fight. She tried
36:47
to win the whole time. But Baumgartner just countered
36:52
the hell out of her coming in. It was a beautiful
36:55
display of warrior spirit from Shin and then
36:59
like warrior IQ from Bob Gardner. Yeah. I know
37:06
they probably partly gave Shin this because she
37:10
got a little famous on Physical Asia, but she
37:14
showed that she wasn't just a gimmick, I think.
37:19
Like, yeah, she lost, but she lost well. Yeah,
37:24
she gave a good account of herself. This one
37:27
was three minute rounds. Yes. I don't know if
37:31
that's the best move for Baumgardner. She wasn't
37:37
making the most of three minutes. Yeah, but it's
37:41
got to be a weird, not weird, but it's got to
37:44
be a big adjustment, I think. So maybe in the
37:48
next three minute fight, she'll be more accustomed
37:51
to it. I think this is her second or third three
37:55
-minute fight. Yeah. And I mean, somebody's got
38:00
to start doing it somewhere. The rest of the
38:03
women down the car didn't do it. The same thing
38:08
happened with the W01. Like, some of them did,
38:12
some of them didn't do three minutes. It was
38:14
kind of... Yeah. I think that three minute thing
38:18
is just going to be another part of the contract
38:21
negotiations for women's boxing for a while.
38:24
Yeah, I think you're right. I've said it before.
38:30
I don't know how you make that shift. I think
38:33
it needs to start in the amateurs and people
38:35
need to work up to it. But you can kind of see
38:41
the people that aren't used to it. have a little
38:45
trouble kind of timing their activity like three
38:51
minute rounds they need more strategy on when
38:54
to go i think yeah but i can see that this was
39:03
actually uh an interesting fight to watch i watched
39:07
the replay of this one last night again um as
39:11
far usually women's boxing is not super fun but
39:15
this was a display of skill and heart like you
39:18
said yeah it's interesting if they if they did
39:28
the three minute switch in the amateurs and then
39:32
when the women come out of the amateur system
39:34
but the pros haven't switched over either so
39:38
like they're they're prepped for three minutes
39:41
but I think if you leave it as part of the negotiation,
39:45
it will just become more and more common until
39:48
everyone does it. Only ones right now is the
39:51
WBC. Fuck. Yeah. It really is. This is I don't
39:57
use this term lightly and I don't throw it around.
40:00
It is fucking misogyny. Yeah, this one's just
40:04
straight up sexism. Yeah. Suleiman has pretty
40:08
much said as much. that women are biologically
40:12
inferior, so you can't fight three minutes. Yeah,
40:17
but they do the five -minute rounds in MMA. Exactly.
40:23
It's a stupid argument, but I don't think you
40:26
can just suddenly... You can't just snap your
40:30
fingers and then it's all three minutes now.
40:32
Yeah, that's not fair to the women who aren't
40:35
used to it. But... I don't know. Yeah, it's bullshit.
40:41
Women can fight three minute rounds. They just
40:43
need the proper training. Same as the men. Like,
40:46
you don't just suddenly throw guys into a minute
40:49
longer round either. Yeah. Good thing we spent
40:58
a little bit of time talking there. Because the
41:02
disappointment card. Matchroom in Liverpool.
41:07
Man. Callum Smith versus David Morrell. Shaking
41:14
my head. What could have been? Yeah. So instead,
41:19
we got Leo Atang going the distance. He got the
41:25
scoring referee decision over Victor Chivarku,
41:29
who is 6 -32. It's not a good look. Talk about
41:36
a man who stays ready. Molly McCann gets the
41:42
scoring referee decision over Ashley Johnson.
41:47
This one was pretty fun. She looked pretty damn
41:49
good. For being a former MMA person, so she's
41:54
really young in her boxing career, she looks
41:57
pretty damn good. Yeah. Joe McRale stops Aaron
42:04
Hayden in five. And Ben Whitaker. Short order
42:10
KO1 over Brian Suarez. That was just such a mismatch.
42:18
Like, waste of time. Yeah, it really was. Also,
42:23
I fucking hate Whitaker's styling on these guys.
42:26
Like, what are you doing, man? Like, he's clearly
42:30
not that good. Why are you being an asshole about
42:35
it? He could have kept doing it for more rounds,
42:40
but I think he got a lecture from Terrence Crawford
42:47
where Terrence told him, like, you fuck around
42:53
too much. You have these guys figured out, and
42:58
then you just play with them. And that's not
43:02
what this is about. Yeah. And he didn't play
43:06
with his food for multiple rounds this time.
43:09
But I don't know. I just don't like Ben Whittaker.
43:15
Now that the novelty has worn off, this isn't
43:23
Emmanuel Augustus 2 .0. Fucking stop. Not even
43:28
close. Yeah, stop it. It's fine. Just fight.
43:34
Dude, it's fine. Just fight. Yeah. And, you know,
43:39
don't take dives over the road. Suplex. There's
43:47
no fucking way that happens unless you make it
43:49
happen. That was ridiculous. I will forever hate
43:56
him for that. Is it worse than the time Montana
43:59
Love? Suplex Steve Spark. Or he clotheslined
44:04
him over the top rope and threw him out of the
44:06
ring. Yeah, but that wasn't faked. Montana was
44:13
legitimately like, I am way behind here. Yeah,
44:17
yeah. I mean, that was stupid. But Whitaker jumped
44:22
over the ropes. Like, he was not forced over
44:26
the rope. That Montana loved one was fucking
44:30
weird, too, because, like, obviously you're disqualified.
44:34
And he's like, the guy's fine. Why am I disqualified?
44:39
I don't know, man. Did you ever think about maybe
44:42
doing a sweet chin music fucking kick and then
44:46
wonder why you're disqualified? Fucking idiot.
44:50
But Whitaker was a dive. He was not forced over
44:54
those ropes. Man, that's all we got in the recaps.
45:01
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48:48
Wednesday, April 29th. Matchroom at the Melbourne
48:53
Pavilion. Melbourne, as they like to say it.
48:58
Let's see. Who do we got on the undercard? Tara
49:01
Moana. He's facing Bowie Tupou. And... Who is
49:08
Bowie Tupou? 29 and 7. He's probably an Islander.
49:14
He's from Tonga? Yeah, he's an Islander. And
49:20
in the main event, Skye Nicholson defends her
49:23
interim fucking WBC Super Bantamweight title.
49:29
At the Maryland Live Casino in Hanover. It's
49:35
Probox, so expect good fights. Senbatar Erdinabat
49:39
is going to be headlining up, so really happy
49:43
to see him at the top of the bill because my
49:46
man, he's working his way up. He's worked his
49:49
way up, and he's about to graduate from Probox
49:53
Academy. Yeah, because where's he from? He's
49:59
Uzbeki? No, he's Mongolian. Mongolian. I love
50:03
when the not -so -big countries do well. I've
50:07
been cheering for him. Yeah. He's super fun to
50:12
watch, too. It's not like he's just some... He's
50:16
not like a gimmick or a novelty. That's the word
50:20
I was looking for. No, Provox doesn't do that.
50:23
Yeah. I want to skip ahead because this doesn't
50:27
really matter. Top tier on DAZN on Sunday, May
50:32
3rd. So if you're trying to nurse your hangover
50:35
with a little bit of boxing and a little hair
50:38
of the dog, top tier is going to take care of
50:42
you. Saturday. What? Who's on top tier? Nobody?
50:50
Oh, I have it as OFTM, Only Fight That Matters,
50:55
Sam Nooks. Last I checked, it was TBA. And to
51:00
be honest with you, it's on top tier. It's not
51:02
going to be a very good opponent. Fair enough.
51:07
Saturday. It's Benito Sanchez Garcia, according
51:13
to BoxRec. Where's he from? Is he Argentine?
51:19
Mexico. Oh, Sam Noakes is not ducking. The Chololo
51:25
Larios Boxing Gym. I just thought Chilolo was
51:29
funny. All right. For realsies this time. Saturday,
51:34
May 2nd. Starting with Ohashi at the Tokyo Dome.
51:40
Holy poopy. I'm so excited. You're going to be
51:46
there for opening bell? Yes, of course. I actually,
51:51
my buddy from Western Japan that I've only met
51:54
in person once that I text about boxing also
51:58
got a ticket. So we're meeting up for lunch and
52:02
then going to the arena. We're not sitting together,
52:06
but I'm still super excited to see him have a
52:09
chat. Gonna get Cocos together? I don't know
52:14
what we're gonna get. Maybe. I would be almost
52:19
as excited for Cocos as I would be for this card.
52:22
That is ridiculous. Cocos is good, but it's not
52:25
that good. I don't get to have it that often.
52:28
That's fair. That's fair. The card's actually
52:31
pretty stacked. It is. So let's go from the bottom
52:33
up. I don't necessarily know if this is the exact
52:37
running order. I would be surprised if this is
52:40
the running order. This is just what BoxRec gave
52:42
me. So make of it what you will. Yoshiki Takei
52:46
versus Daekang Wang. Eight rounds at Super Bantamweight.
52:52
Eight rounds. I'm assuming Takei's going to win
52:56
this one fairly easily. Nine and one. What is
53:01
it, Korean? Chinese. Yeah, eight rounds is weird.
53:09
Takei's passed eight rounds. He was a champion.
53:12
Like, what the fuck are you doing at eight rounds,
53:15
dog? I guess he's coming off his first loss.
53:19
And he's moving up too, right? Because he fought
53:22
Nakatani at 118. Yeah. So, I guess... This isn't
53:27
the guy that fought Nakatani, though. Yoshiki...
53:30
This is not the same Yoshiki Takei? No, you're
53:33
confusing Takei and Nishida. Yoshiki Takei. Who
53:39
did he beat for his title? Higa. Daigo Higa.
53:44
That's not where he got the title. I think he
53:48
beat one of the Malonis for the title, but that's
53:50
the fight you're thinking of. I am thinking of
53:52
the Daigo Higa fight. Man, look at me doing the
53:54
fucking racism here. But yeah, he lost to Christian
53:59
Medina last time out in Nagoya. He had a big
54:03
lump on his head? Yeah. Or was he the one that
54:08
got the cut and it got stopped on the cut? I
54:11
don't remember details like this. It did not
54:16
get stopped. Oh, it did get stopped on a cut
54:19
in the fourth round. Uh -huh. Yes. Yoshiki Takei
54:25
is the one that looks like a schoolboy, even
54:29
though he's older. He's very clean -cut schoolboy.
54:33
He has a young, youthful appearance as well.
54:36
Yeah. So maybe that's why it's eight rounds.
54:40
They're worried about... The cuts, perhaps. Yeah,
54:44
perhaps. Moving up. Duck No Yun versus Yuito
54:54
Moriwaki. I've never heard that name before.
54:58
Yeah, I don't recognize either of these guys.
55:01
But Korea versus Japan is always fun. Sora, Tanaka,
55:07
versus Jin Sasaki. They wanted a knockout on
55:12
this card. Jin Sasaki will deliver one way or
55:15
the other. Yes, and Tanaka's kind of the same.
55:20
Like, this is going to be a bit of a mirror fight.
55:23
He's 5 -0. What the hell? And all five knockouts,
55:29
right? Is it? Yeah. Nice. Talk about a schoolboy
55:36
look. Yeah. Honestly, him and Jin Sasaki are
55:43
kind of the same fighter. In my opinion. Like,
55:48
they just throw haymakers and hope it works.
55:50
So, this is gonna be fucking lights out. If this
55:54
goes past two rounds, I will be shocked. Toshiki
55:59
Shimomachi versus Reiya Abe. Abe is the journeyman
56:05
who always comes for the upset. But I think this
56:09
is two journeymen against each other. So it should
56:13
be just a slugfest. War. Nobody's going to care
56:19
about the outcome of this fight, but I will almost
56:21
guarantee this is going to be a fucking banger.
56:26
Kosuke Tomioka versus Shogo Tanaka. I don't know
56:31
who these guys are. Yeah, I don't recognize these
56:34
two. Tanaka doesn't even have a picture on BoxRec.
56:39
Wonderful. He's from Osaka. 5 -0 out of Osaka.
56:47
Brought in to get stomped by the... Where's this
56:51
young man from? Saitama, so basically Tokyo.
56:54
He's from Tokyo, yeah. And Takuma Inoue versus
57:02
Kasuto Ioka. I'm so excited for this one. On
57:07
the line. Do you think the old man can do it?
57:15
I'm leaning over and making old man grunt noises
57:19
to try to try to empathize. I honestly don't.
57:29
I think Kazuto has a lot more mileage on the
57:33
clock. He's moving up, like, is this his fourth,
57:40
third or fourth division? So if he wins this
57:43
and wins the title, he will have titles in five
57:47
weight divisions. Holy shit. So he's coming up
57:51
from small. Ioka started at 108. Went down to
57:57
105 and got a title there and has come all the
58:00
way up to 118, winning titles in every weight
58:03
class. Ioka is underrated as fuck. Yeah, somebody
58:08
in Discord said he has a sneaky good resume.
58:12
It's not sneaky. It's fucking buried by the JBC.
58:17
But yeah, my brain says no, but my heart says
58:23
yes. I want to believe. If this was a Discord
58:27
roles pick, I would pick Ioka. Because that's
58:31
who I want to win. But who do I think is actually
58:34
going to win? I think it's going to be Takuma.
58:37
He's bigger. He's fresher. I'm a little worried
58:43
that if Ioka loses, he might retire. Dude's 37.
58:49
About that time. Yeah. He's got two cute kids.
58:54
that he spends a lot of time with. Four -division
58:56
champion, dude. You have nothing to be ashamed
58:59
of. But imagine if he pulls it off. Oh, it becomes
59:04
a five -weight. Would he stay? Do you think he
59:07
would stay if he won? Oh, if he gets a belt,
59:10
he'll defend it, 100%. Oh, man. I want to believe.
59:21
I want to believe it's possible. Nothing's impossible.
59:26
Takuma's been beaten. One punch can change anything.
59:31
Ioka's still a better boxer than Seiya, Sutsumi.
59:35
And Sutsumi beat Takuma. But he beat Takuma with
59:41
pressure and volume. Yeah, that's not what Ioka's
59:46
going to be able to do. That's not Ioka's forte.
59:49
I'm trying to convince myself. Well, I'll be
59:57
on Team Ioka, the cast out, the underdog, the
1:00:02
perpetual underdog for no fucking reason. Absolutely
1:00:06
no reason. But Ioka gets to fight in Tokyo Dome.
1:00:13
That's so fucking cool. That would be quite the
1:00:16
cap to the career. Because they're going to put
1:00:18
him in the Oda City gym again if he wins. Oh,
1:00:21
100%. They're going to stick him in the gymnasium
1:00:23
again. But don't care. He gets to fight in fucking
1:00:29
Tokyo Dome in front of 55 ,000 people. Oh, also,
1:00:36
I don't know if I mentioned this on here, but
1:00:38
they had ticket lotteries to watch this card
1:00:41
in theaters around Japan. It's that big. Holy
1:00:46
shit. It's that big. I got ads for Sapporo and
1:00:51
Hakata and all around Japan to enter a lottery.
1:00:56
to watch in theaters this is huge i i think the
1:01:05
american public the boxing public anyway doesn't
1:01:10
realize how big it is because they sold 100 tickets
1:01:16
for the weigh -ins and it sold out instantly
1:01:23
How could you think that Naoya is not a star?
1:01:29
How the fuck do you think that? If one more person
1:01:32
tells me he has to fight in America to be big,
1:01:35
I'm going to punch him in the face. I'm sorry,
1:01:37
who sold out their weigh -ins? Like, Mayweather
1:01:41
sold tickets to his weigh -ins. Yeah, well, and
1:01:46
like... This sold out over a month ahead. Who
1:01:50
in America sells 55 ,000 tickets a month before
1:01:53
the fight? Pretty much as soon as they went on
1:01:55
sale, they were gone. Yeah, yeah. Well, more
1:01:59
people entered the lottery than there were tickets.
1:02:04
Yeah. Anyway, main event time. Yeah, Naoya Inoue
1:02:12
versus Junto Nakatani. Wow. I'm getting a little
1:02:19
giddy just saying the names together. Like, they're
1:02:22
fucking fighting each other. Both of them are
1:02:25
32 -0. Wow. I'm so excited. Wow. And you're going.
1:02:33
Oh, my God. You're going. I know my seat is not
1:02:38
going to be the best seat. I'm probably going
1:02:40
to end up watching a lot of it on the screen.
1:02:43
But I get to be there in the crowd, Leo. I was
1:02:46
in the rafters for Mayweather McGregor. I didn't
1:02:49
give a shit. I was there. Yeah, I'm lower deck
1:02:54
infield. Because it's a baseball stadium. That's
1:02:58
how they sold the seats. But it's going to be
1:03:01
so fucking cool. It's going to... The Japanese
1:03:04
crowd will get loud for this one. Oh, yeah. Like,
1:03:09
they're usually pretty quiet, but this one's
1:03:12
going to be loud. Are you going to take earplugs?
1:03:19
No. What? No. Whoever's sitting in front of me
1:03:24
needs earplugs. I wear those dampening earplugs.
1:03:30
They don't block out noise, but they dampen it.
1:03:32
Like, my ears are bad enough. I grew up on a
1:03:35
farm. Like, as a toddler, I used to sleep in
1:03:37
the tractor while my dad drove in circles. I
1:03:40
have shit hearing anyways. But, Naoya and Junto
1:03:46
don't have shit hearing. No, and they're gonna
1:03:49
hear me. Can, do you think Junto is going to
1:03:56
be able to, will he score a knockdown? I'll ask
1:04:01
it that way. I don't think so. Because lesser
1:04:03
opponents have. I think Inoue is going to be
1:04:08
much more defensive in this one. I don't think
1:04:13
he's going to go for the knockout like he usually
1:04:15
does. I want him to. But I think this is going
1:04:19
to be a one -sided decision. Unless Inoue lands
1:04:24
something and really hurts Nakatani and can safely
1:04:27
go for the knockout, I think he's going to...
1:04:30
I think he's going to be very, very cautious
1:04:33
in this one. And I honestly don't think Nakatani
1:04:37
has as much power as it seemed like he did. I
1:04:42
don't think it's that... At the lower weights,
1:04:45
he had power. But as he's moved up, it has diminished
1:04:48
a bit. I think it's more the counter -punching
1:04:55
acumen. He's so fucking sharp with it. That even,
1:05:01
let's just say for the sake of the point, he
1:05:04
has mediocre power. The sharpness of his counterpunching
1:05:08
makes his power seem much more than it really
1:05:11
is. I don't think Nakatani hits as hard as Donair.
1:05:15
I don't think he hits as hard as Cardenas either.
1:05:19
Probably not as hard as Neri. Love him or hate
1:05:21
him, that dude's got hands. Yeah. I don't know.
1:05:26
In a way, he gets hit. And Nakatani has some
1:05:29
amount of power. I'm not saying he doesn't. There's
1:05:32
a chance. Nakatani has a chance. But I just don't
1:05:36
believe it's going to happen. I don't either.
1:05:38
I keep trying to... I want to try to sell it
1:05:45
a bit. Because I really think Naoi is going to
1:05:48
fucking sweep his ass. I do too. Oh, man. Okay,
1:05:53
to sell it. Yeah. Nakatani has a southpaw with
1:05:58
a good left hand. Inoue's been put down by left
1:06:02
hands in the past. And, like, it can happen.
1:06:09
But I just think Inoue's gonna be so fucking
1:06:13
on the ball that it's just not gonna happen.
1:06:19
But it could. Nakatani does have... the precision
1:06:24
and the timing if he catches in a way coming
1:06:28
in with his right hand down like he does sometimes
1:06:31
it could happen but it's not gonna it's just
1:06:36
not gonna happen yeah i just i really think that
1:06:41
nakatani's counter punching is this is to me
1:06:45
like a modern pacquiao marquez Like that style
1:06:54
matchup. I can see the comparison. Like the pressure
1:06:59
puncher versus the counter puncher. So you're
1:07:06
saying if they fight four times, Nakatani wins
1:07:09
the one? And rides off into the sunset. Yeah,
1:07:17
I don't see this. going very well for Nakatani.
1:07:21
I really want to try to make it, try to be a
1:07:24
little bit objective, but it's a little hard.
1:07:27
No, there is a chance. There is a chance, but
1:07:30
I'm too biased as well. What I want to see is
1:07:33
Inoue hasn't had a body shot stoppage in forever.
1:07:38
I want him to snatch Nakatani's liver. I miss
1:07:42
the Inoue that just destroyed people's livers.
1:07:46
That Emmanuel Rodriguez stoppage. I watch that
1:07:50
so often. If I'm having a bad day, I watch the
1:07:54
highlight reel. There's one specific one on YouTube.
1:07:57
I can't remember the title, but they show Rodriguez
1:08:02
pushing Shinto, pushing Inoue's dad. And Inoue,
1:08:08
like they get a clip of his face and he just
1:08:11
looks so pissed off. And then he comes out and
1:08:14
just fucking wrecks him. It's so good. I love
1:08:17
that fight. It was like in two rounds. Yeah.
1:08:21
That was nasty. And the look of absolute just
1:08:27
fucking pain on Rodriguez's face as he shakes
1:08:30
his head. I love it. That's my make me feel better
1:08:36
clip. Which might make me a psycho. Anything
1:08:43
more for Inoue Nakatani? No, I'm just so fucking
1:08:46
excited. So they released the tickets for printing
1:08:51
yesterday at 9 p .m. So I didn't go out. But
1:08:57
today I'm printing my ticket. I'm going to have
1:09:00
my physical ticket. It's going to sit on my bookshelf.
1:09:03
That goes in like a picture frame. Oh, yeah.
1:09:09
i really gotta do something cool with all my
1:09:12
programs and tickets i have them all from all
1:09:15
the boxing here when i get like a more permanent
1:09:18
house it's just gonna be like a wall of fame
1:09:22
of boxing programs that i went to in japan um
1:09:28
you should all be jealous it's been so amazing
1:09:33
let's go to the last card we got on the bill
1:09:38
um zerto verse benavides let's go from the bottom
1:09:43
up uh oscar duarte versus angel fierro that should
1:09:48
be a lot of fun a lot of fun i really like oscar
1:09:53
duarte i know he's not that good but he's always
1:09:56
entertaining so fierro's cut from the same cloth
1:09:59
nice uh Isaac Lucero versus Alan Sandoval. That's
1:10:06
a 154 fight. WBA 168 title. Armando Resendiz
1:10:14
the champ versus Jaime Munguia. Who do you have
1:10:19
in this one, Leo? I really think Resendiz has
1:10:28
aged well. Since his loss to Elijah Garcia. He's
1:10:33
only 27. It was a bad. It's a bad loss. And the
1:10:38
loss is not aging very well. Because Elijah turned
1:10:41
out to be fucking garbage. But. Yes. I think
1:10:46
Resendiz has matured from that. And I think that
1:10:49
Munguia has devolved. From his loss to Canelo.
1:10:55
including the Saras knockout, including pissing
1:10:58
hot against Saras in a stinker of a win in the
1:11:03
rematch. Yeah. I'm also leaning towards Resendiz.
1:11:08
I used to be a pretty big Munguia fan. Yeah,
1:11:11
I remember. But, man, like, the Peds thing really,
1:11:15
really just iced it for me. Getting knocked out
1:11:19
by a no -name Frenchman was embarrassing. But
1:11:23
taking steroids to take him to decision afterwards.
1:11:28
And it wasn't even like you went a 12 -0 decision.
1:11:31
You were like 8 -4 neighborhood. Yeah. I got
1:11:37
off the Mungia train after that one. I can't
1:11:41
make myself cheer for him anymore. I think if
1:11:45
there's going to be a fight that has roles, it
1:11:48
would be this one. I think this is the one that's
1:11:52
going to divide the people. The main event deserves
1:11:58
rolls as well, I think. Man, are we going to
1:12:02
have like five fucking rolls for this card? I'd
1:12:06
be okay with that. I don't know how you do it,
1:12:09
but... I'll figure it out. The other Discord
1:12:13
server I'm in, they add an emoji to the end of
1:12:17
your name. So they have a picture of the boxer
1:12:19
after your name. So you could just have like
1:12:22
three pictures. If you want to know how to do
1:12:27
that, I can put you in touch with... I have a
1:12:29
good idea of how to do it. Okay. We usually do
1:12:35
the colors. I don't think that works if there's
1:12:37
multiples. It doesn't. Let's see here. Zerto
1:12:43
Ramirez. The WBA -WBO cruiserweight champion
1:12:47
versus David Benavidez. You know who I'm cheering
1:12:51
for. Zerto. Of course. I'm a fan. I kind of have
1:12:59
a crush on Zerto. Oh, did his Vogue photoshoot
1:13:05
tickle your fancy? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know.
1:13:12
This should be a banger. this should be a good
1:13:15
fight yeah i i honestly i don't know who to pick
1:13:18
that i think will actually win i know who i'm
1:13:21
cheering for but i don't know who will win i
1:13:23
think this is a pretty 50 50 in my opinion you
1:13:30
disagree i i think benavidez uh all things being
1:13:36
equal benavidez's hand speed i think is going
1:13:40
to be the difference here Don't tell me that.
1:13:46
He's got super fast, sharp hands. He does. And
1:13:49
Zerdo has gotten slower as he's moved up. The
1:13:55
extra weight doesn't help. Yeah. You're probably
1:14:00
right, but I want to cheer for Zerdo, so I'm
1:14:05
going to. But I do think it should just be a
1:14:10
fun fight. Yeah, this is going to be a good one.
1:14:12
I think this will be a banger. Yeah. Anything
1:14:16
more for that PPC card? That's going to be in
1:14:19
Las Vegas. Just in case you didn't know. This
1:14:22
is one that I think is worth the pay -per -view
1:14:24
price. I don't know what the price point is.
1:14:28
I mean, in Japan, it's super cheap because it
1:14:30
comes on in the middle of the night, kind of.
1:14:33
But this is one I... Yeah, this is one I would
1:14:38
actually pay for. Shit, that's going to be 3
1:14:43
in the morning right after the Inoue fight. I
1:14:45
should just overnight it at the bar in Tokyo.
1:14:49
Yeah, leave Tokyo Dome and go to the bar pretty
1:14:52
much straight away. And then you have Red Bull
1:14:57
Vodka. I should get some food before I do that,
1:15:00
but yes. Red Bull Vodka is to keep you awake.
1:15:05
Or if you want to keep it classy, the Espresso
1:15:08
Martini is very... in right now no i don't do
1:15:14
martinis but if i'm drinking red bull it's with
1:15:17
jagermeister i'm an early 2000s kid that the
1:15:23
the drop shot absolutely my favorite jaeger bombs
1:15:27
i don't know if they're legal here but we can
1:15:32
make it happen yeah i'm sure they would give
1:15:35
you like a red bull cup and then a shot of jaeger
1:15:39
I'm sure if I ask, they would, whether it's legal
1:15:42
or not. I know they will let me go buy Red Bull
1:15:47
and come back and order Jaeger. That bar has
1:15:51
Jaeger on tap. Very dangerous. Oh, yeah. Well,
1:15:57
that's all we got on the upcoming stuff. I found
1:16:02
another thought experiment for us. Oh. So. This
1:16:08
is not like the WBSS one. This is a pick three.
1:16:14
Number one, Muhammad Ali's jab. Number two, Deontay
1:16:20
Wilder's power. Number three, Lomachenko's footwork.
1:16:24
Number four, Floyd's defense. Number five, Canelo's
1:16:29
head movement. And number six, U6 IQ. Damn. Okay,
1:16:37
I'm going to go straight, like, caveman here.
1:16:41
If you have Wilder's power and Lomachenko's footwork,
1:16:45
honestly, I think that would do it. But U6 IQ,
1:16:50
you don't need defense. You're just knocking
1:16:52
bitches out. That's pretty much where I landed,
1:16:56
was Wilder's power, U6 IQ, and I went with Floyd's
1:17:01
defense, just as, like, a... Preventative measure.
1:17:05
Just like if you go a little bit too crazy. With
1:17:07
spamming power shots. You got the acumen to.
1:17:11
Or like if you do a pull counter. That Floyd
1:17:14
was famous for. And Ali was famous for too. Yeah
1:17:18
yeah. I can see that argument. But I don't like
1:17:21
defense. So. I'm just going to go style on people.
1:17:26
And with the IQ. You have the IQ. To spam the
1:17:31
power. At the appropriate times. Buddy of mine,
1:17:35
he picked U6IQ, Wilder's Power, and Ali's Jab.
1:17:39
Ali's Jab was his setup for the power. Yeah.
1:17:43
Yeah. I just like Lomachenko's footwork. It's
1:17:47
very pretty. I don't know how else to put it.
1:17:50
It's fun to watch. I don't know how that works
1:17:53
with Wilder's type of power. I don't know. I
1:17:59
mean... I guess, but that, like, pivot step to
1:18:05
the side and Wilder's overhead right? Oh, yeah.
1:18:08
Okay, I see it. Like, if you get the angle and
1:18:12
you have the power, it's just good night. And
1:18:16
if you have the IQ, you're avoiding shots. Like,
1:18:21
the IQ is my defense, I guess. I feel like the
1:18:25
one that's out of place here that I don't know
1:18:28
why anyone would pick it is Canelo's head movement.
1:18:31
Yeah. Floyd's defense is better than that. A
1:18:36
hundred percent. Yeah. Lomachenko's footwork
1:18:39
is like as good as head movement. He'll ballerina
1:18:43
around you without having to move his head. Yeah.
1:18:48
I mean, I guess my guy is open to counters, but
1:18:53
I feel with the footwork, people can't land the
1:18:55
counters anyways. If you're as fleet of foot
1:18:59
as Lomachenko with U6 IQ, fucking forget it.
1:19:04
Exactly. Like, that's my defense combination.
1:19:09
Mine was Floyd's defense with U6 IQ. Floyd's
1:19:14
defense is elite. I just don't like it. Yeah.
1:19:19
The only one that made me think was thinking
1:19:22
Floyd's defense dropped that for Ali's jab. That
1:19:25
was the only other one. That made me think. Yeah.
1:19:30
Yeah, I could see that. Jab set up the power.
1:19:36
Ollie's jab with power is a good combination.
1:19:40
But I just like Lomachenko's footwork. It was
1:19:43
so pretty. Flashy. Flashy as fuck. And I usually
1:19:47
don't like flashy, but I used to do ballroom
1:19:51
dancing and it reminds me of that. Ah, I see.
1:19:54
Okay. Yeah, that's cool. It's a good reason to
1:19:59
pick it. But yeah, that was another thought experiment
1:20:01
that I came across. That's a fun one. I like
1:20:05
that. People should comment their choices. Yeah,
1:20:10
I'll read them again. One, Oli's jab. Two, Wilder's
1:20:13
power. Three, Lomachenko's footwork. Four, Floyd's
1:20:16
defense. Five, Canelo's head movement. And six,
1:20:20
Usyk's IQ. Who are you picking? You can hit...
1:20:24
Leave a comment wherever, like on the social
1:20:27
media shit. Spotify does comments. YouTube. Or
1:20:31
hit me up on the phone line. 833 Lux Pods. All
1:20:37
right. We are heading into Inoue Nakatani weekend.
1:20:44
Parting words. I could not be more excited. I
1:20:48
cannot explain. How I'm just, like, vibrating
1:20:53
every day it gets closer. I might vibrate out
1:20:57
of existence. I might, like, flash Paradox Point
1:21:01
this. Good. That's good. I'm so fucking excited.
1:21:08
And getting to hang out with Shin before the
1:21:12
fight, like, I don't get to go to fights with
1:21:16
people very often, so that just adds to it. having
1:21:20
someone else who's excited to talk to let me
1:21:25
tell you like when when the boys when we went
1:21:28
to crawford versus madrimov just sit we were
1:21:33
all sitting in a row and we were just like just
1:21:35
riffing with each other like wow look at crawford's
1:21:40
fucking footwork yeah look at how he's positioned
1:21:42
just the the shit that you think about You can
1:21:47
say out loud and somebody is not going to look
1:21:49
at you like, what the fuck are you talking about?
1:21:52
Exactly. Like that last fight I went to when
1:21:55
I ran into the folks from Phoenix. That was so
1:21:59
much fun. I really enjoyed going with my brother,
1:22:02
but he's super casual with boxing. Like he was
1:22:06
excited to go, but he doesn't understand. Yeah.
1:22:10
But the. The guy from Mexico and the guy from
1:22:15
Phoenix, they understood when I was like talking
1:22:19
about it. Look at him do this. Yeah. Look at
1:22:23
the way he does that. And you can, like you said,
1:22:27
you can talk back and forth. It's so much more
1:22:29
fun. Like I said, me and Shin aren't sitting
1:22:31
together, but I'm just super excited to go out
1:22:34
and talk boxing, even if it's before the fight
1:22:37
starts. Well, on that, that's going to do it
1:22:46
for this edition of Boxing Before Dark. Shanada,
1:22:50
we are insanely fucking envious. Yeah, my batteries
1:22:55
are not dying this week. No, and fucking it is
1:22:58
not getting dark. No, I am so fucking excited,
1:23:03
Leo. All right, we will see you on the other
1:23:07
side of this fucking amazing weekend.