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Keyshawn's suplex, and Foster-Ford · Boxing B-Sides

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Into the news. Ashton Silva versus Joseph Diaz
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will be taking place on an MF Pro card at Thunder
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Studios on June 19th. H2O is back, baby. Man,
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that Jojo Diaz is still being thrown through
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the ringer. Must extract every ounce of value
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that we can from him. You know what? He deserves
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it. No one deserves it more than him. Fucking
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diddler. Oh, yeah. Lewis Crocker versus Liam
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Parrow will be taking place in Brisbane on June
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24th. I'm going for Liam Parrow on this one.
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Because Lewis Crocker is just ass. Lewis Crocker
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is not great. Yeah. Bruce Carrington versus Rene
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Palacios has been added to the Cleveland card
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on July 4th. So I think he'll be co -maning for
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Abdullah Mason. Yeah, that's a pretty cool card,
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man. Pretty good card. Yeah, Abdullah and Bruce.
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It's a good pairing. I think there's going to
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be two other Mason brothers fighting on the card
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as well. So it looks like Top Rank picked up
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another set, another trio of brothers fighting.
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Errol Spence vs. Tim Zhu. Set for July 25th.
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This will be in Australia. What are we thinking?
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I guess, bro. Whatever. They're not two bums.
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They're just both washed and probably shouldn't
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be fighting. Honestly, dude, I can't believe
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there's going to be people in this country that
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pay for that shit. It's a pay -per -view, isn't
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it? Yep. Gross. That is a lot of money, too,
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which is fucking crazy. Oh, well. That's why
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I'm just like, oh, yeah. Oh, boy. I can't wait
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to pay for this one, too. Just like I did with
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all the other ones. Yay. Lamont Roach, William
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Zepeda, vacant WBC title on the line in Vegas
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on August 1st. They planned ahead on this one.
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Pretty far out, which is kind of surprising.
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Interesting. Jake Paul claims he's fighting Canelo.
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Sure. Guaranteed him $200 million. Yeah, man.
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All of this news is just like, yeah, I guess.
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I guess, bro. I guess, man. I really thought
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that I staggered him from last week to this week.
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It's just news. These are fights that are happening
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or fights that shouldn't be happening. Or like
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Jake Paul. I mean... I don't know. I guess Canelo's
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washed enough. We'll see how he looks against
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Mbili for it to work. He claims he's fighting
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him before Mbili. No. Not even for 200 mil? I
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don't think it's happening. Like, I mean, wasn't
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the latest Jake Paul news that commissions won't
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clear him because of his mouth? Where did that
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come from? I didn't hear about that. Because
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that would be pretty hilarious. He had a thing.
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He has an indefinite suspension about his jaw.
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Yeah, he needs a second jaw surgery. Oh, that.
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I did hear about the second jaw surgery. He had
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a second jaw surgery and a commission isn't clearing
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him yet. So if it happens, it has to happen after
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Mbili at least. Just because this... Yeah, like
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the Florida Commission doesn't want to clear
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him and they'll clear anyone, so... Ooh, if Florida
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won't clear you. Good lord. Florida does not
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want to clear him because of the state of his
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jaw. So that's why I'm like, it has to happen
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at least after Mbili to give him a chance for
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his jaw to fix itself. That job must be fucked
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up. That thing is fucked, but... It's going to
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be at least a year then, because Canelo doesn't
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fight. He only fights May and September. Well,
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he doesn't own that main date anymore, so we'll
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see. It's been leased out. Benavida's picked
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up the lease. And last bit. on the rumor mill,
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Tyson Fury versus Andy Ruiz before the AJ fight
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at the end of the year. What kind of bullshit
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is that? I don't know. It's a hilarious fight
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if it happens, man. Fatty versus fattier? They
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could try to go for heaviest. No, they can't.
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Wings of Redemption and Boogie. Cooked that shit
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for them. But I still think it would be really
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funny. Two YouTubers though. Versus two obese
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professional boxers. It would be really funny.
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I probably have Fury winning that just because
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Ruiz is kind of dog shit and has been dog shit
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for seven years at this point. Because it's been
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seven years since he upset AJ. Imagine he does
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the funniest shit ever. He can fucking do the
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funniest shit. If he stops Dyson Fury the same
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way, it's so funny. It's too funny. It might
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just be fate. I mean, that fight's not going
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to happen anymore. History would also repeat
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itself in that he'd get fat as shit and lose
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it immediately. Oh, yeah. Lose the next fight
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horribly, but... That would be the funniest way
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to... I will forever call Andy Ruiz legend for
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beating both Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury if
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he does that. That's true. Just dismantling super
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fights left and right, that's pretty... I'm pretty...
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That's pretty funny. That's pretty fucking funny.
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Imagine you beat... You fight Deontay and beats
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him too. You beat the three best guys in your
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fucking... Not at their best, but you beat them
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at some point. Then Usyk tries to take Andy Ruiz
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as an easy title defense. I remember when that
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was up in the air at some point. That was very
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funny. When Ruiz beat AJ, that's when it was
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being talked about. Usyk versus Ruiz. Honestly,
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if Ruiz kept it straight, he could have been
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the next big American star. He could have revived
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boxing. He was the chosen one, but he got fat
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again. Well, two AJ paydays. They'll do that
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to you. Oh, yeah. Lauren Ciccoli says he did
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not cheat. Just thought. And I got a million
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dollars. He popped for HGH, dude. Yeah, and he
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says he did not cheat. He did not. Yeah. We're
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in denial. We're in denial. We're still in denial
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for the five stages of grief. HGH, bro? Really?
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HGH. That's what I was saying. HGH. Popping for
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HGH is just like, there's zero reason to use
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it other than steroids. Yeah. Oh, I've hired
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a meet. But we'll meet you in a second, bro.
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Swear to God. Oh, man. I didn't think we would
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have to... Should we bust one out? One of the
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break glass? I think we're good. We could extend
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lvx .be slash soul. Okay. Into the recaps. Friday,
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May 15th. The German ARD is the promotion. This
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was on DAZN at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany.
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Patty Donovan. Majority decision over Karen Chikadzian.
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What does this say about Boots' legacy? But literally
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nothing. Literally nothing. Literally nothing
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because Boots has better wins. Yeah. But I will
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say, he did struggle with this guy. Yeah. Well,
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I say struggle. The struggle is that he lost
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two rounds across 24. Well, he struggled to look
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good against him. Yeah, well. He struggled to
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style and stunt on him. Yeah, I was going to
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say, some fighters you consider that like, wow,
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that was a great performance. That's the standard
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we're holding boots to. Yeah. I'm grasping at
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straws here, guys. I don't know if you can tell.
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Yeah, the Virgil agenda erodes by the day. Yeah,
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it's hard. But once Virgil becomes champion,
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you guys are going to want to beg to be on our
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side. Man, we almost got in beat conference finals
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before Virgil champion. This year. That is funny.
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Which is, I think I would have cried if that
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was the new meme over and beat conference finals.
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And Billy beats GTA 6 before. I was going to
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say, I watched James Harden win a game seven.
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Oh, hell no. Before Virgil became a champ. GTA
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6 will be coming out this year. Oh, well. You
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know what? It won't even matter after Boots knocks
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Zayas out, so... We both win. It's a win. It's
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a win. I'm sorry. Yeah. I'll make the case for
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Zayas when it comes to it, but, man, it's hard
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to imagine. Like, the case for Zayas is genuinely
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that, like, Boots is a fraud more than Zayas
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is good. Like anyone who went like this guy meant
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to a split decision with Abbas Baru in the last
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in his last fight Hey, that's Terrence Crawford
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That's this guy that's Terrence Crawford like
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we're talking about. Oh my god. I was gonna say,
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but Man, that's a close. That is but that by
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is I just I got a little bit No, listen, man.
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Bud was stopping the guys he was struggling with.
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Yeah, sure. How about that Patty Donovan, though?
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Uh -huh. Isn't he, uh... He was beating Lewis
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Crocker before he got disqualified. I just, honestly,
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I'd confuse them. They are the same fighter in
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my head. It's not good. They're doomed to have
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endless rematches for the IBF title if Liam Parra
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doesn't put a stop to this. Is it bad that I
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think Lewis Crocker, Patty Donovan, and Kieran
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all look the same in my head? Lewis Crocker and
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Kieran, I can see that one. I can see it. Patty
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Donovan just looks different. Yeah, he's a little
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different. I don't know. I just do not care enough
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to know what they all look like. That's just
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that, like, Liam Parho needs to put a stop to
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this or else these three are just going to rotate
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around the IBF rankings forever. Yeah. Trilogy.
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I need Liam Parho to free this belt. Liam Parho?
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The guy that beat Gabriel Matias? Yes, but not
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by PowerPoint stoppage. Dolan Smith type shit?
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Oh my god, that was... Anyways, let's move on.
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We got more stuff. Oh, this one, I know you guys
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are chomping at the bit. Saturday, May 16th,
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Ellis Promotions at the Emperor's Palace in Kempton
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Park, South Africa. Siwakolwa Kuse beats Melvin
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Jerusalem by UD to claim the WBC minimum weight
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title. Honestly, It was kind of surprising to
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hear that. It's kind of funny to hear that, too.
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That could have been Oscar's title. I was going
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to say, I don't care. This guy isn't knockout
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CP Freshmark. No, a knockout CP Freshmark moved
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up. That's right. He's a light flyweight now,
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so that's my bad. We do care. This is more of
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a Shinada card, anyway. Yeah. I was going to
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say, I wish I had something to say, but these
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cards, again, accessibility and boxing needs
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to be better. Yeah, there was, what's the name,
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Sharks Fan something? I'm not putting my credit
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card into one of these fucking websites. No.
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Sharks Fans Abroad? Sharks Fans Abroad was watching
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it, and I was like, hey, dude, if you can get
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me a replay, I'd be more than happy to talk about
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it with you. Yeah. Yeah, like, it's one of, like,
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boxing accessibility needs to be better. Like,
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it cannot be that much of an expense to get the
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rights to these random cards from the zone. Like,
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it's just accessibility in the West needs to
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be better with fights. Um, well, this, Kuse...
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Kind of spoiled the party. Melvin Jerusalem was
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supposed to fight Oscar Collazo. He was also
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supposed to fight his countryman Pedro Tataran.
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Between those three, go for the Undisputed. I
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admit, I'm a sucker for Undisputed. Would have
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been cool. I saw Oscar Collazo in person. Oh,
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my God. He's short. Pound for pound star Oscar
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Collazo, by the way. That's all I had to add.
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Homeboy would probably break my jaw if he wanted
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to. Yeah. Let's not fucking kid ourselves. Sometimes
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they just look small. It's fun to laugh at little
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people. That's fair. He's got to hit you in the
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nuts first to get your head down, and then that's
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how you're going to do it. Exactly. I can't blame
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you too much for that. That's fair. I didn't
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laugh at him outwardly. To his face. Yeah. To
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his face. By the way, Melvin Jerusalem, I just
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noticed his nickname is El Gringo. He is not
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very gringo. He's from the Philippines, and his
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nickname is El Gringo. They have a lot of borrowed
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Spanish words. And he's also 32, so he's about
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to pass away from old age at that weight class.
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Moving on. Queensberry, on the zone, at the Cape
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Moat Stadium in Doncaster, England. This one
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was funny. Michael Gomez Jr. stops Lee McGregor
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in six. I don't remember who it was, but somebody,
22:30
while we were watching it live in chat, said,
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Michael Gomez Jr. really is the bad boy of British
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boxing. I know they were kidding when they said
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it, but that shit was just too fucking funny.
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Honestly, I want to shout out Carl Fail for having
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a great name. And he did not... He did not fail
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either. He did not fail. Yeah. I want to shout
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out Carl Fail. Great points win over Dean Sullivan,
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Carl. Yeah. Philip Hergovich stops David Allen
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in three. Complete robbery. They had the... Jamie
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Moore and the referee were paid off by Hergovich.
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They just couldn't handle Dave Allen fighting
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for a world title. Two fights away from AJ. Yeah.
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He's feeling up for it, though. We are going
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to get that AJ fight. Watch. You know what, man?
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This is sad. This is sad as fuck, actually, to
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watch, though. This is how it's going to happen,
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guys. I see it right now, okay? This is not ironically
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the best shape Dave Allen's ever shown up in,
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but... Watch this, watch this, watch this. He
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still sucks ass. Andy Ruiz beats... Andy Ruiz
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beats Tyson Fury, okay? Dave Allen fights Anthony
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Joshua and actually wins. Andy Ruiz and Dave
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Allen fight and Dave Allen wins. Dave Allen gets
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shot up at the rankings and, you know, has to
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fight a mandatory... By the way, we just watched
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Dave Allen not even go three rounds with Filip
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Hergovich. Hey! It's Dave fucking Allen. We just
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watched Dave Allen stop this guy in three rounds.
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This man pisses in a sink. I'm gonna make some
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bullshit story up to make him sound funny. I
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can't do this. I'm still gonna tune in for every
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Dave Allen fight because they're hilarious. This
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one, it was hilarious how both how mad people
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got at Dave Allen for sucking at boxing and how
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like surprised or like, we got you, Dave. You
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gave it a go. Some people were. They're not real
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fans. You're not a real person if you go like,
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yeah, Dave, at least you gave it a go. Fucking
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Dave Allen, man. He was always feeling upwards.
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He's going to get that Deontay Wilder fight even.
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Hold on. He's going to knock out like a guy,
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one of Zach Shelley's co -workers and then get
25:11
a Deontay Wilder fight. Or he fights Lawrence
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Coley. If he fights Lawrence Coley and he knocks
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him out, I'll fuck him. Anytime you name a boxer
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who we can recognize, it's just not happening.
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I want him to kill Lawrence Coley. There's literally
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maybe 200 guys other than Dave Allen in the current
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heavyweight division who could do it. Yeah, we
25:43
had an argument with Joe Frazier the other day.
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I take present -day Joe Frazier over Dave Allen
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against Lawrence Okoli. Present -day Joe Frazier.
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That guy's been dead for 15 years, and he's still
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about as much of a stiff as Dave Allen. God bless
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his soul. Not Dave Allen's, but, like, Jesus
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Christ. Like, I can't believe I'm not the one
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doing this bit. Like, there's no way. There's
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no shot. He's going to beat up one of Zach Shelley's
26:19
coworkers, and he's going to get another random
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fight where he'll give it a go, probably. Give
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it a go. I love that term. It's just, I just
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don't get it. Especially because he just keeps
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making more money. I just see him with more sponsors
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every time. Like, does anyone actually believe
26:45
in him other than British fight fans? Do British
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fight fans believe in him? Yes, a shocking amount.
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It's terrifying. Wow. British casuals? They literally
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go like, don't worry, Dave, you gave it a go.
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You'll win a title someday. The fact that, you
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know what, fucking Eddie Hearn, man, I gotta
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give it to you, man. You... You've done a fucking...
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You've done one of the greatest promoting works
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of all time to do this to Dave Allen. Make himself
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stadiums for being a shitty fighter. Yeah, it's
27:31
just... It's tough. Yeah, is there really anything
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to discuss, like, about the fight itself? Because
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it was only three rounds, and, like, Alan got
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beat up the whole time. Yeah, it's just, what
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do you, what do we, what does, what do you even
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say? Like, yeah, Hargavich is about to get massacred
28:01
by, um, Itama. Sure. And Dave Allen. Imagine,
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like, Itama versus Dave Allen, dude. I don't
28:14
have to imagine. I blinked and it was over. And
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Dave Allen is the one on top. I can't do this.
28:26
The Dave Allen bit works when it's like, oh my
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god, he's still at least stood in there for more
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than three rounds. What can you say? He needs
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to give you anything that suggests he could potentially
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win. Like, this was arguably sadder than the
28:48
David Price fight. I'm trying to find where in,
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like, the hierarchy is the Doncaster football
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club. Because if they're used to watching their
29:04
boys lose in soccer, then it's no... Of course
29:10
they're going to support Dave Allen. Always got
29:13
to believe... They are 14th in the Football League
29:17
1, which is the second highest. It's the third
29:21
tier overall. So they're one of the worst teams
29:25
in the third tier. What the fuck? I knew it.
29:34
I fucking knew it. Let me see the tiers. There's
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Premier League. There's eight tiers. But only
29:43
five of them matter. They're in the third tier
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looking at being demoted to the fourth tier.
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And they're about, like, they're in the bottom
29:51
half of that third tier. I knew it. I knew that's
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what this was. So they're not great. They're
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basically a 500 record, like Dave Allen's soccer
30:04
team. So you were right on the money. They're
30:10
used to watching their boys lose. They just expect
30:12
it at this point. At least they gave it a go.
30:15
Yeah, they lost 4 -0, but they gave it a go.
30:20
Fuck this. Oh, God. This is what I mean. We found
30:26
time to make up in making fun of Dave Allen being
30:31
terrible at boxing. I saw someone on Twitter
30:34
actually get it bang on. He is a guy. who definitely
30:39
has a good idea on how to box, and he knows how
30:43
to box, but his brain and body just give him
30:47
nothing. And, yeah, I mean, I guess that's pretty
30:55
bang on. He has all the knowledge, he just is
31:01
incapable of unleashing it. Maybe he had trained,
31:06
you know. You should go to Ben Davison. I think
31:12
that would be the worst fighter in history. It
31:16
might be so horrible. It might be elite. You
31:19
never know what's going to come at you. He might
31:20
be the worst. Especially like 6 '3 and like 200
31:23
million pounds. You never know what's going to
31:27
come at you though. Do we have any more dunking
31:33
to do on Dave Allen? I'm just going to say Terrence
31:39
Crawford and Dave Allen have the same reach.
31:42
Are you serious? Crawford's is 74, 75. Allen's
31:47
is 75 inches. So you're saying that Terrence
31:52
Crawford and Dave Allen are the same person?
31:54
I get you. I get you. If Crawford, if you averaged
32:00
out Crawford and Bomack, then you'd get Dave
32:02
Allen. Bomack as an actual fighter? I don't know
32:16
about that brain, but you know. I mean, a piss
32:20
jug is the best place to piss, I guess. A piss
32:23
jug. I think he labeled them like the moonshine
32:27
jugs or were they just like disgusting plastic
32:29
jugs? Chamber pots. Chamber pots? Jesus Christ.
32:38
All right, let's get to top rank, also on DAZN,
32:41
at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Going
32:46
from the bottom up, Dedrick Crocklam got a UD
32:50
over Eric Howard. I think Dedrick is one of their
32:55
newer prospects. He was okay. Kind of lacked
33:00
in power, unfortunately. Made up for it with
33:05
athleticism. You know, slick movement and all
33:08
that, but eh. Keon Davis, UD over Edwin Humane
33:15
Jr. Sorry, the name. The name's a good name.
33:23
And Kelvin Davis, split decision over Peter Dobson.
33:32
So that's 2 -0 for the Davis brothers. Jan Santana,
33:37
UD over Christian Cruz. This one, I was a little
33:42
bit underwhelmed by Santana. That was the top
33:47
-ranked guy. Yeah, yeah. We have Brian. I will
33:58
interrupt you for a bit to say, actually, Kelvin
33:59
Davis sucks. Yeah. Don't even know if I can talk
34:03
about you. That was a tough watch. I'm sorry,
34:06
we do have to dunk on Kelvin Davis. This guy
34:08
sucks. He reminds me, his best comp is Marcelo's
34:12
Wilder. Do you guys remember Wilder's brother?
34:18
Is that the one that Deontay cucked? Marcelo's
34:25
Wilder got knocked out by the slowest left hook
34:28
you've seen in your entire life. I think. I forget
34:34
who was it. It was Dustin Long. I got to remember
34:42
which card it was on. But it was hilarious. It
34:50
was in slow motion. And I did cry laughing. And
34:54
Kelvin reminds me of him in that. He just. Yeah,
34:59
Wilder Ortiz 2. on that undercard while his brother
35:05
got destroyed. Pretty funny, huh? It's really
35:11
funny, but like, Kelvin fights with about the
35:16
same tenacity. The same sense of urgency? Yeah,
35:23
which is to say the lack thereof. And he should
35:30
not do this. He should not box. There's no need
35:34
to box. Stop boxing. Yeah, stop boxing. There's
35:41
just no need. Like, if your heart's not in it,
35:44
why put yourself through this when you can get,
35:46
like, a normal job that'll pay about the same
35:48
but won't kill you? Then you won't be DV3. All
35:55
right. I don't know. Keon Davis does have potential,
36:00
I will say. They're all getting carried, though.
36:03
I'll tell you that. Keyshawn is just carrying
36:06
them, them two brothers. I'm sorry. I don't want
36:08
the Keyshawn. You're right. Yeah, I imagine that
36:14
they're only in this position because of Keyshawn.
36:16
Probably. Yeah. Want to, like, encourage somehow.
36:21
Yeah. It's the last case of the brother syndrome.
36:24
You get Tommy Fury. You got Marcelo Suarez. I
36:30
feel like LeVar Ball. To be fair, LeVar Ball
36:32
got two guys to the league. Yeah. So I guess
36:37
that's more successful than what we have here,
36:38
but you get the point. Oh shit, Saul, it's your
36:45
time to shine. Brian Norman Jr. is back? TKO2
36:52
over Josh Wagner. That should have been stopped
36:58
earlier, right? Oh, yeah. Hell yeah, dude. I
37:01
mean, who does that to Josh Wagner, guys, right?
37:02
Who does that to Josh Wagner? Only David... Not
37:05
to Josh Wagner. Harlem Eubank? Fuck Harlem Eubank.
37:09
Who the fuck is that? Harlem Who Bank, you know?
37:14
Exactly. Harlem Who Bank, dude. And real shit,
37:18
though. I mean, it was too early to say how good
37:20
Brian Roman improved after that last fight. I
37:24
mean, he looked a little better for the first
37:27
couple... minutes, but that's it. All I could
37:31
see that was different was him being a little
37:34
smarter with his head movement. But that's all
37:38
I got from a couple minutes. I can't even discern
37:41
from that. We won't know until the next fight,
37:45
which is probably going to be against another
37:47
bum. It's going to be like that for a while.
37:54
How many fights do you think? Until top rank
38:00
feels that he's good enough to go out there again,
38:04
which is going to be, again, a while because
38:05
the top guys, I mean, it's Haney who has WBO,
38:11
which is the easiest belt for him to go with
38:13
because it's top rank, but it's not the easiest
38:16
one to win. That makes any sense. He has Ryan,
38:19
Lewis Crocker, which is probably going to be
38:23
the easiest belt to get, or the easiest belt
38:25
to win, but probably a hard belt to... to try
38:27
to fight for. And then Roley, which is not going
38:31
to happen, dude. It's fucking Roley. Honestly,
38:33
you have to consider how Norman is in this, got
38:36
into the position he's in to begin with, which
38:39
is that Top Rank kept trying to feed him. Yeah.
38:43
So, with that logic, you have to think that Top
38:46
Rank will continue trying to feed him to someone.
38:52
And he'll end up in one of these fights with
38:55
Haney or Roley or Rye. He'll end up in one of
38:59
those A -billing fights just by virtue of him
39:03
refusing to get fed. And get this. Honestly,
39:08
I see this as a real possibility. I think he
39:11
goes up to 154 and even has a shot at boots with
39:17
that WBO. Not now. He just would not be good
39:22
at 154. I am sorry. He didn't think so either.
39:26
Like, if you're getting, like, demolished in
39:30
one hit by a Devin Haney left hook, like, your
39:35
chin is not long for this world. I think he is
39:39
a well -trained fighter. Honestly? Yeah, like,
39:41
he should not move up. There is zero, zero, like,
39:45
he should not move up. I will... You know, he
39:48
should honestly go rematch Jin Sasaki. Honestly,
39:54
I think he'd fight someone like Stannionis. Yeah.
39:57
Is Stannionis fighting again? Not sure. Let me
40:03
check. He's listed in the WBC rankings. He's
40:07
fought since then. He fought last September.
40:11
Oh, that's right. I mean, he could fight, freaking.
40:15
He could fight. Stan Jonas, he could fight Lewis
40:18
Crocker. I mean, in actuality, 147 for him realistically
40:22
isn't a hard division. No, like, if he can make
40:26
the weight, he should stay there. It's just,
40:28
like, the durability is genuinely a concern,
40:30
and he stops being, like, a big welterweight.
40:34
Yeah. I mean, just, I don't think he can handle
40:39
being a smaller guy. Another fight I can see
40:42
that's possible is probably a Teofimo fight.
40:43
If they drop that, if Haney drops that WBO, which
40:46
is likely if he goes to Zufa. I forgot he was
40:51
looking at that. Teofimo is a, that's a hilarious
40:57
fight, but I will say if Teofimo has the screws
41:00
on for a little bit, like it's such an obvious
41:04
counter, like counter knockout from Teofimo.
41:09
Counter knockout. From Tio? Yeah. I might get
41:14
it. He's not that much of a powerful fighter,
41:17
but, I mean, Tio hasn't really gotten anything
41:21
at 140. I know, but it's just like, he hasn't
41:25
gotten anything ever. Well, he did knock down
41:30
Regis Progray. And he did put Ryan on a little
41:36
bit of skates for a second. Not really. Not really,
41:40
but I know it's kind of a generation. And with
41:42
Progray, like, you saw his very next fight with
41:46
Jojo Diaz where, like, anything was putting him
41:48
on, anything was hurting. Well, he also did fight
41:51
Caterall. I mean, yeah, I know. I'm trying to
41:56
reach the states here. I think the most damning,
41:59
like, why can't you hurt this guy for the love
42:02
of God performances were Camboso's either time.
42:08
Linares, and Gamboa. Yeah. Like, those are all
42:13
guys that were, like, there for Haney to knock
42:15
out, basically, and just... I mean, it was a
42:19
good shot. It was a good shot from Haney. It
42:22
was a good shot from Haney, but I just, like...
42:24
That is the type of, like... You have to ask
42:28
serious questions about Norman's ability to take
42:33
damage. his defense and like how like usually
42:39
guys if they get caught with that at least they
42:41
can brace themselves and it'll like especially
42:45
from a guy with pillow fists yeah it won't rattle
42:50
them like that you know that's that fight still
42:54
hurts me it still haunts me to this day i'm like
42:55
it's it is like i will say it's like imagine
42:58
if sam eggington went down to polymalinagi during
43:02
that uh The barrage. Yeah. Like, that's the type
43:06
of thing we're looking at with Haney. Because,
43:10
like, I'm not dissing Haney's ability to find
43:12
that shot. He was throwing some fucking home
43:14
run shots that would land on Ryan. But it's just,
43:19
like, zero. Nothing happens from them. So why
43:22
is Brian Norman Jr. all of a sudden, like, something
43:25
suspect here? And I think he shouldn't move up
43:29
because... Let's be real. If you're not taking
43:33
Devin Haney shots at 147, what are we expecting
43:39
when you go up to fight? You said Boots is an
43:42
example. What is Boots doing to you? He's knocking
43:46
him out in Mazzara World. You almost had me there.
43:53
Virgil probably hits him with the Lubin knockout.
43:59
Look, at the end of the day, I just want to see
44:02
Brian Norman Jr. win. He's a fun fighter to watch,
44:04
man. He's fun. He should stay at 147. It looks
44:08
like top rank is probably going to build him
44:09
back up a bit, only to start feeding him the
44:12
guys. The usual top rank protection program shit?
44:16
Well, like, I mean, you saw with Santillan, that
44:20
was very obviously let's feed him. And it didn't
44:25
work, so I think it'll be good. It'll be good
44:27
for Norman to go through some more adversity.
44:30
I mean, they got a really good return on their
44:32
investment with Norman because that was a guy
44:33
they really were going to throw to the fucking
44:35
wolves. Yeah, and they're going to keep doing
44:37
it probably, but I hope he'll make it through
44:41
and we'll see more of him on a bigger stage.
44:44
Yeah. Teofimo is probably the worst matchup for
44:47
him. Like, Ryan and Roley are probably more preferable.
44:53
No, I don't know about that, dude. I think the
44:55
Teof fight, I think Norman wins it. I think...
44:59
Teo might be damaged goods after that Shakur
45:01
fight. Teo Fimo's been damaged goods since he
45:05
ditched Gamache. Yeah, but that Shakur fight
45:10
was really bad. Yeah, but Norman's also, again,
45:13
you really have to question his ability to see,
45:18
brace for, and take a shot, period. Yeah. Just
45:24
here, point blank, period, because it's not like
45:26
it was like a... super flush, like, highlight
45:29
left hook. It was a left hook. Yeah. Let's go
45:37
Brian Norman, guys. Come on. Let's go Brian Norman.
45:39
Let's go to the main event. Keyshawn Davis wins
45:43
over Nahir Albright. Very interesting sequence
45:49
of events towards the end. I would say Keyshawn
45:53
was frustrated. I think the refereeing was pretty
45:58
poor. Albright was getting away with a lot. And
46:02
Keyshawn was the one that was being scolded for
46:04
when he would do anything. And then the two points
46:10
for the suplex. And then here Albright tries
46:14
to do a little throw of his own and gets nothing.
46:18
I don't know. It was a dominant win. It was pretty...
46:24
Pretty fucking obvious that Keyshawn Davis is
46:26
levels above Nahir Albright. But, well, that
46:31
makes me wonder, like, how shit is Frank Martin?
46:35
How shit is Frank? I think Albright is very dependent
46:40
on style matchups. He's a tricky guy who didn't
46:44
come up an easy way. He's a good fighter to fight
46:50
if you want to see what level someone's at. Like,
46:54
genuinely, off that performance, I don't come
46:56
off, like, being down on Albright because, like,
47:00
Albright is probably maximized what he can out
47:04
of the level he's at. Yeah. But I feel like there's
47:08
a lot of indiscipline remaining in Keyshawn that
47:12
anyone exceptional, anyone who has their head
47:17
screwed on correctly and has a similar level
47:20
of acumen or talent will... kind of easily take
47:23
him apart. Well, I mean, honestly, Frank Martin,
47:28
I don't want to give Frank Martin a lot of, like,
47:31
leeway here. No, Frank Martin shit the bed. Yeah,
47:35
he shit the bed, but, I mean, he did fight, albeit
47:39
not that long. He did fight a couple months prior,
47:41
I think only two months prior to that. I also
47:44
think we're talking about different levels here.
47:46
Like, Keyshawn talent -wise is very clearly in
47:49
that upper echelon. I just think he's kind of
47:53
a head case like Teofimo and will get picked
47:55
apart by guys who can route that type of head
48:01
case. I disagree. I think Keyshawn beats most
48:06
fighters. The only fighters he doesn't beat are
48:08
some like Shakur or Haney. Well, that's what
48:09
I mean. Teofimo can beat most guys, but in terms
48:11
of that upper, upper echelon of the sport, Shakur
48:15
definitely deals with Keyshawn rather easily
48:18
just because... Keyshawn doesn't have his head
48:21
screwed on. He gets frustrated and it's like
48:27
the fact that he switched his team to avoid being
48:32
accountable in camp is, will, says a lot. Yeah,
48:38
that's true. That's very true. I was going to
48:40
say, say what you will, like, Bomek is a no bullshit
48:42
guy. And... Keyshawn Cleaves, he changed fighters
48:47
because he wanted to make a trainer in Norfolk
48:49
the same level as BOMAC. But that's all bullshit.
48:52
He probably just got let go of the team. No.
48:54
Like, the bullshit with the weight and jumping
48:56
guys, like, BOMAC is a no -bullshit guy. Say
48:59
what you will about BOMAC's fighters as, like,
49:01
personalities, but they don't get up to bullshit
49:07
when they're in camp and then when they're with
49:08
them. Oh, no. No. No. Honestly, Keyshawn, like,
49:15
he almost did not make the weight. He was close
49:20
enough. That's what I'm saying. It's like everyone's
49:22
like .1 is not making the weight. .1 doesn't
49:26
matter, but I'm like .1, like, it isn't the .1.
49:30
Everyone sees the .1 because that's, like, the
49:32
ceremony. That's what they announced, but you
49:34
saw that he was at, like, .8 over. Yeah. And,
49:37
like, .8 is actually, like, a margin of, like,
49:42
are we trying? And then at the end, he said,
49:45
oh, man, I got to go to 147. I can't make this
49:49
140 shit anymore. Top rank, you made me fight
49:52
this guy. Honestly, and the thing with Keyshawn
49:56
is that I honestly believe that Keyshawn probably
49:58
could have gotten done with Albright way sooner.
50:01
He just didn't put that effort in. I know it's
50:04
like fucking rampant. It's just indiscipline.
50:06
No, but it is indiscipline. As I said, he gets
50:11
frustrated. But he gets frustrated and instead
50:14
of... He no longer has a good team to fall back
50:17
on to keep him in place. He doesn't think he
50:25
can learn more. He just doesn't have his head
50:29
screwed on. as you need to deal with the top
50:33
fighters in the sport. Like, it's the difference
50:36
between an A and an S tier guy, right? I mean,
50:40
we don't know because we've never really been
50:42
up to that level yet. You never know if these
50:45
S tier guys can really... The eye test is like
50:48
his S tier for his talent. But just in mindset,
50:52
he's going to be in A tier. No, you're 100 %
50:57
right because these S tier guys also have S tier
50:59
mindsets. Like, I will say, like, Teofimo Shakur
51:02
is probably the best example of an A guy fighting
51:05
an S guy. Yeah. Because Shakur, again, like,
51:11
hate to watch him fight, honestly. But, you know
51:17
what? He boxes in an elite level and has his
51:20
head screwed on at all times, even when an opponent
51:22
is giving him some frustrating moments. He will
51:26
kick your ass. Which is something that you cannot
51:29
say for Teofimo, who ditched his coach that held
51:32
him accountable. Who has a tendency to just move
51:39
up because he doesn't want to make weight anymore.
51:46
What does this remind you of? I don't know. I
51:50
don't think 147 is much kinder. To Keyshawn,
51:59
just because you have... The guys are bigger,
52:06
and you know what? We haven't even seen Keyshawn's
52:08
power really carry at this weight class for 135.
52:13
Well, he did knock out Jermaine Ortiz. Absolutely,
52:20
but... That's something. That is a little something.
52:25
That is something. I think he honestly could
52:28
have knocked out Nafir Albright if he actually
52:29
pushed for the knockout. Yeah, but I'm just saying,
52:33
like, his power was, like, definitely there at
52:35
135. And then he's got to push himself and be
52:39
dialed in at 140. And at 147, it's probably even
52:45
more of an effort to get. You know what I mean?
52:47
Like, there's a difference between an easy knockout
52:49
and a knockout that takes effort. And then that
52:52
only compounds as you move up the weight classes.
52:55
No, you're 100 % right. Which would be a problem
52:57
if you get frustrated. Because you get frustrated,
52:59
you get reckless. And, you know, it's boxing.
53:02
And you could get popped. Anything can happen.
53:04
Yeah, once you get reckless, you get popped.
53:06
Yeah. Yeah, and that's a big thing with Keisha
53:08
and Rom. Like, he has the potential, but he's
53:13
also, like, he's in his prime right now. He's
53:15
27, and he's kind of just not in the position
53:19
to maximize it with his team and how he conducts
53:22
himself. He also, honestly, he has to step up
53:27
to these big little guys soon because he's getting
53:29
up there. Yeah, he's going to, because again,
53:31
especially with like the one or two fight a year,
53:34
like the layoffs, like he should be fighting
53:37
three times a year until he meets like one of
53:42
those top guys. Before the time he did, he fought,
53:45
I mean, he fought freaking Branshik last year.
53:48
He was going to fight EDLS. Edwin. He was going
53:51
to fight Edwin in June. And probably another
53:53
fight, if it was going according to plan, late
53:55
in the year. If he's still a top rank, I mean,
53:58
moving up and fighting Brian Norman is probably
54:00
like... It's a big fight. It's a good big fight.
54:06
It's a perfect stamp on the guys. My head's screwed
54:13
on right. And honestly... Norman is pretty tailor
54:18
-made to get stopped by Keyshawn on, like, very
54:22
solidly placed shots. So it's a very good way
54:25
to dissuade any doubts you have about him. Yeah.
54:29
Especially because it's a common opponent with
54:31
Haney, so you immediately have that comparison.
54:35
Good measuring stick. It's good. But I don't
54:39
think you should move up right now. Like, there's
54:41
good guys at 140. I don't even think he's going
54:46
to fight Lenovo. I'm thinking GAR is a good fight.
54:53
He has a bunch of good fights, dude. He could
54:55
fight Matias and look good. GAR is a good fight.
54:59
He probably styles on Dolph Smith, right? He
55:03
stunts on Dolph Smith, dude. He stunts on all
55:07
of them, honestly. I need to see him stunting
55:08
on guys. I can't see him like... getting pissed
55:14
off against Nahir Albright, if, like, were to
55:17
believe. Because, like, say what you will about
55:20
Shakur. Like, again, his fights are a cure to
55:23
insomnia, but none of them have ever been competitive.
55:27
Oh, yeah. So, that's what I'll say for that.
55:34
And people are going to watch Shakur just to
55:36
see him get beat at this point. Yeah. That's
55:38
honestly kind of his, like, what he's kind of
55:41
playing into now. You were trying to see if he
55:44
would beat him. You were trying to see if Rank
55:46
beat him. He's still going to get that money
55:49
from you watching. Just like what Floyd said.
55:51
You didn't like it, but you watched. Yeah. Anyways,
55:55
are those all the recaps? Yep. Let's move on.
56:02
So Keyshawn fought three times in 23, three times
56:06
in 24, once in 25, and he's on track to fight
56:10
three times this year. They were talking about
56:15
him being in line for the IBF title with Lindolfo.
56:20
Not sure if he's going to take that because he
56:23
seemed pretty serious or a little bit more intent
56:26
on moving up. But I don't know. There's a lot
56:29
of good fights at 140. I don't see why he would
56:34
want to move up right now. 147 is just the risk
56:37
that if it even goes slightly wrong, just blows
56:42
up in his face. Like, seeing the guys at 147
56:47
that are just, even at the lower levels, Stanionis
56:53
is number 12 in the WBC. None of us are going
56:59
to claim Jim Sasaki is going to beat him, but
57:01
I'm just saying, if you start getting frustrated
57:03
with a guy like Roley, who is very physically
57:06
strong, I'm just saying, you're going to look
57:11
really silly. If he takes you out. Hit me up
57:42
in WhatsApp. I want to hear what you think about
57:45
Keyshawn. Should he move up? What's he going
57:47
to do if he moves up? Is this him trying to run
57:51
away from his obligation to cut weight and kind
57:57
of wants to skirt that a little bit? I don't
57:59
know. 833 Lux Pods. Let's be real. Building or
58:05
rebuilding credit can feel like trying to open
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Friday, May 29th. We have an MF Pro card on DAZN
1:00:48
at York Hall in London. That's about all I can
1:00:55
tell you. I don't really know who these people
1:00:59
are. No, I can't help you with that. Yeah, this
1:01:05
is a bleak. Who are these people, bro? Britslup.
1:01:11
No, this is beyond Britslup. Yeah, I don't know
1:01:16
who these people are. I tried to look at them.
1:01:21
We got... cards, though, on Saturday, May 30th.
1:01:25
First thing, I believe this is first in the day,
1:01:29
RCC Promotions on DAZN. This is at the UMMC Arena
1:01:37
in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Moving from the bottom
1:01:43
up, Dimitri Beeble in the main event versus Michael
1:01:50
Eifert. This is his IBF mandatory? Yes. Eifert's
1:01:58
been... Waiting? Well, yeah, he's been in the
1:02:02
IBF rankings forever. You know what? I want to
1:02:09
see how Bevo comes back from that back surgery.
1:02:13
Yeah, that's kind of what this is about, more
1:02:15
than anything, is to see the ring rust and the
1:02:19
surgery. Like, genuinely, like, the ring rust,
1:02:25
whatever. B -Bowl is a consummate professional
1:02:28
who will actually show up. He's never even come
1:02:31
close to missing weight, whatever, whatever.
1:02:34
The back surgery. Back surgery is tough for boxers.
1:02:41
Like, knee surgeries with enough recovery and
1:02:44
rehab that a modern medicine and athlete can
1:02:46
come back from pretty effectively. Back surgery,
1:02:48
not so much. And that's what I'm not concerned
1:02:52
about because, like, I'm sure people will make
1:02:58
it work. But more thinking of, if he can't move
1:03:03
as well, Benavidez can get to him type of musing
1:03:08
over this fight. You know? Yeah. Yeah, that makes
1:03:15
sense. I didn't put that much thought into...
1:03:18
I knew the back surgery was a thing, but I didn't
1:03:21
put that much thought into it. Back surgery is
1:03:22
real bad for athletes, just in general. Because,
1:03:26
again, especially when it's specifically like
1:03:29
you're working on the muscles around your spine
1:03:31
and your spine. Like, that's your whole motor
1:03:36
system. That's all your motor functions. Like,
1:03:41
it's tough. Like, Mike Tyson's probably the best
1:03:44
example of a guy who's needed back surgery and
1:03:46
just does not even resemble the same guy. I've
1:03:52
got a case for that. Like, his athleticism just
1:03:56
died. Because he's still, like, you know what?
1:03:59
Like, whatever. He's undisciplined. His coaching
1:04:01
isn't as good. But the athleticism is still there.
1:04:04
The explosive miss to get wins is still there.
1:04:07
He had the back surgery and it was just like
1:04:10
he could not generate that same type of power
1:04:12
anymore. And that's the concern from Beville,
1:04:19
but for movement. Moving to Boxer on DAZN as
1:04:30
well. This one will be at the Wembley Arena.
1:04:34
From the bottom up. scanning, scanning... Adam
1:04:42
Azeem versus Steve Claggett in the main event.
1:04:45
That's all I got. Stevie here. Azeem should be
1:04:50
beyond this by now. I would say he is. Like,
1:04:56
Adam Azeem is above this. Especially, like, stopping
1:05:01
Lipinets and, uh... Yeah, Kurt Scobie, like,
1:05:05
you're above Steve Claggett. But hey, it's a
1:05:10
measuring stick, come on. It's a measuring stick.
1:05:13
With who, too? Like, I genuinely... I think this
1:05:17
is more of a, like, this is the best guy we could
1:05:19
find for you. I think that's the case as well.
1:05:24
Because, like, it's Claggett, or then you have
1:05:27
to actually pay someone like Martin or Pueyo
1:05:30
to show up. Sandor Martin, I mean. Claggett comes
1:05:36
at a lower price point for a similar result.
1:05:42
I get it. It's a little annoying, but hopefully
1:05:47
he goes on to better later in the year. Well,
1:05:53
it gets better with MVPW on ESPN in El Paso,
1:05:59
Texas. From the bottom up, Oh, shit. Jocelyn
1:06:06
Camarillo. She's the one that sent that other
1:06:08
chick to the hospital. Put her in a coma for
1:06:12
a few days. She's facing Yasmin Martinez. What
1:06:18
else do we got? Desley Robinson, the IBFWBO middleweight
1:06:25
champion versus Mary Spencer. Amanda Serrano,
1:06:31
the WBA -WBO featherweight champion versus Cheyenne
1:06:35
Hansen, ranked sixth and third in the A and O,
1:06:40
respectively. Mary Spencer is second and sixth
1:06:44
in the IBF and WBO. Let's see. Lourdes Juarez,
1:06:54
the WBC light flyweight champion, is facing...
1:06:59
minimum weight champion, Yocasta Valle. So that's
1:07:05
fun. My jungle goddess. These are all just good
1:07:08
fights. Yeah. These are all just good fights.
1:07:11
Like, I don't have much to say about them. They're
1:07:12
good women's fights. This is a really good card.
1:07:16
Yeah. And main event, Stephanie Han, the WBA
1:07:21
lightweight champion versus 8th ranked Holly
1:07:24
Holm. This is a rematch. The last time it got
1:07:28
stopped on like a little fucking baby cut. Yeah,
1:07:34
it was a little baby cut. It was nothing. I was
1:07:37
going to say, whose faces have we seen falling
1:07:40
off? There was the Badu Jack one. That one's
1:07:44
the famous one. What is it? Yeah, I was going
1:07:51
to say, better be of a Marcus Brown. Yeah, Marcus
1:07:54
Brown. I knew a guy who was at that fight. He
1:07:56
was in the splash zone for that. Splash zone?
1:07:59
No, because both guys got cut up real bad. Because
1:08:04
Southpaw worth the dogs kept clashing heads.
1:08:07
Classic, yeah. So there was this spot in that
1:08:11
fight where the guy was literally in the splash
1:08:15
zone when Better BF was just pasting Brown in
1:08:17
the corner. So he got a bunch of Brown's blood
1:08:22
on him, and then I think Brown threw a counter
1:08:24
and got some of Beterbiev's blood on him, too.
1:08:28
Damn. So that one was nasty, but this was a baby
1:08:30
cut in comparison. Gabe Rosado, his eye explodes
1:08:36
routinely. Oh, Jesus. His face is all scar tissue.
1:08:42
That Tyson Fury cut versus Otto Waleen. That's
1:08:46
the one I was talking about earlier. That one's
1:08:47
good. Marcus Brown's face just tends to explode.
1:08:52
Like, if Pascal beat him on technical decision
1:08:55
because his face exploded. Stephen Smith. Remember
1:09:01
when his ear almost came off? Oh, my God. Jesus
1:09:04
Christ. I mean, even if we go to super famous
1:09:07
fights, like, they let Marvin Hagler, like, when
1:09:11
he, uh, with the war. Like, the reason it became
1:09:17
such an urgent affair was because Hagler's face
1:09:21
got cut up real bad. Another one, this one got
1:09:25
stopped, though, was Vitaly and Lennox Lewis.
1:09:28
Oh, Christ. Vitaly's cheek is hanging off his
1:09:32
fucking face. That's... That one deserved to
1:09:35
be stopped, not... This was not as bad. Tim Zu
1:09:39
versus Sebastian Fundura? Yeah. It was bloody
1:09:43
as fuck. And these are all cuts that changed
1:09:45
the fight. Oh, yeah. That cut changed his career,
1:09:50
if anything. The Stephanie Han -Holly Holm cut
1:09:52
was manageable. Like, a proper cut man can take
1:09:57
care of it. Yeah. Get Russ Abner back there.
1:10:00
It's not. You can fix that. Stitch ran. Yeah,
1:10:04
good old Stitch. I wasn't even going with Stitch.
1:10:07
I was picking, like, a tier below. What I'm saying,
1:10:12
like, Russ Abner, like, you know, not the best,
1:10:16
but still, like, he can do a great job there.
1:10:23
Oh, yeah. That's all we got, though. That's the
1:10:25
last fight on the docket. Beautiful. Last card.
1:10:30
Yeah, this is not a bad way to spend a Saturday.
1:10:34
Yeah. Hold on a second. Let me make sure. This
1:10:40
is the 24th. Wait, no. Is it Ray Ford? Ray Ford?
1:10:48
Ray Ford and Scott Foster? Scott Foster? I wish
1:10:53
someone would fight Scott Foster. No, Shaki Foster.
1:10:56
No, that is May 30th, actually. Is it? Yes. I
1:11:02
suck. I'm not very good at this. Hey, I got it.
1:11:04
Thank you all. Yeah, good call. All righty, Fertitta
1:11:09
Center in Houston, Texas. Yeah. Saturday, May
1:11:12
30th, Matchroom Boxing is doing some bullshit.
1:11:16
I don't blame you. They have not advertised that
1:11:20
shit. No, this has not been advertised. I'm looking
1:11:21
at this card, and I'm like, this undercard is
1:11:23
pretty sad. I like it. Amari Jones is on it.
1:11:29
Yeah, Zayquin Moses is pretty good. Yeah. I don't
1:11:34
like the matchmaking. I guess I'm spoiled by
1:11:36
pro bots. I'm forever spoiled by Probox putting
1:11:41
their 6 -0 guys against each other in perpetuity.
1:11:45
Yeah, Zaquid Moses is facing a 7 -6 guy. Yikes.
1:11:50
That's what I'm saying. I am forever spoiled
1:11:54
by Probox being like, both these guys are 8 -0,
1:11:57
let's do it. But Oshaki Foster, Ray Ford is a
1:12:03
good fight. Who do you guys have? I got Oshaki,
1:12:10
man. I'm going with Foster as well. Yeah, okay.
1:12:14
I'm glad we're all on the same page. He's just
1:12:16
a better operator than Ray Ford is. Yeah. Ray
1:12:19
Ford has not shown me anything since the last
1:12:21
complaints. Yeah, I will say, like, say what
1:12:24
you will about Fulton showing up looking like
1:12:28
Bomack last fight. Can't. Say what you will about
1:12:33
that. You know, he made, like, Foster still made
1:12:40
him look like a complete tool. Yeah, he did.
1:12:45
Like, just, like, not even, like, didn't give
1:12:48
him a second to get into the fight or anything.
1:12:52
So, you know, Ray Ford genuinely hasn't given
1:12:58
us anything like that, as you guys said. Like,
1:13:02
he probably beat Nick Ball, but I don't know.
1:13:04
Probably beating Nick Ball isn't... That much
1:13:09
of a... I was going to say, that's not much of
1:13:11
a crowning achievement when you think about it.
1:13:15
Yeah. Oh, well, we caught it. It was a good fight.
1:13:21
Good way to spend a Saturday, at least. Yeah.
1:13:25
Good thing is, you only got two undercard fights
1:13:28
that are relatively short. Omari Jones is eight.
1:13:33
Zayquin Moses is six. So those are going to be
1:13:37
quick. And then you've got the main event. And
1:13:40
otherwise, but you've got a pretty stacked ladies
1:13:43
card over here. The ladies card is good. Just
1:13:46
switch over to Foster and then you have a good
1:13:49
night. Yep. Because that Bevo card should be
1:13:53
pretty early since it's in Russia, right? Yeah,
1:13:55
it's like ass crack. Okay, so perfect. Exactly.
1:13:59
It's like a full day of boxing. Not a bad full
1:14:04
day of boxing. Yeah. So we're heading into a
1:14:11
busy weekend. Parting words. I love you, Brian
1:14:18
Norman Jr. Oh, my God. I love you so much. Oh,
1:14:25
my God. You want to have us babies? I might.
1:14:29
If there were no Brian Norman Jr. fans, then
1:14:33
I'm fucking dead type shit. Jesus Christ, man.
1:14:39
Also, I coined the Itelma theory. Itelma -Davison
1:14:43
theory. Oh, my God. You know what? What are my
1:14:47
parting words? I think that they'll be the same
1:14:51
one as last week, which is to say I think BOMAC
1:14:54
needs to eat something green. We love you. You're
1:15:02
a great trainer. And honestly, I think even once
1:15:04
you're done training, guys, I think you'll be
1:15:06
a good media voice. They just need to be able
1:15:08
to fit you in a chair. Yeah, we shouldn't be
1:15:12
having to pull up two of them. Like, I don't
1:15:14
need to see Dan Raphael, like, chair ergonomic
1:15:17
space here. So. I need to see Bomek in person
1:15:24
so I can determine if he's fatter than Dan. Oh,
1:15:28
my God. Dan is big. He is fucking huge. However
1:15:34
big you think he is, he is bigger than that.
1:15:37
I assure you, he is bigger than that. I'll leave
1:15:44
it there. Yeah, that's it for this edition of
1:15:49
the Boxing B -Sides. We'll see you on the other
1:15:51
side of fucking May Day. It's May 30th. Why should
1:16:10
a boxing fan watch MMA? Okay, here's my pitch.
1:16:17
The reason that a boxing fan would consider watching
1:16:20
MMA in the year of our Lord, 2026, is that MMA
1:16:24
is cheaper and more accessible than it's ever
1:16:26
been in its lifetime. Our biggest organization,
1:16:30
the UFC, has done away with pay -per -views.
1:16:32
It's now just like a $15 a month payment to Paramount
1:16:36
+, and you get... 40 plus fight cards a year
1:16:40
um and it's not just the UFC you have organizations
1:16:45
like 1FC and Ryzen that put stuff directly on
1:16:49
YouTube for free to watch and you're able to
1:16:53
see a wide variety of high level skills like
1:16:55
this is not just like amateur hour shit unless
1:16:58
we're talking about the heavyweight division
1:17:00
but boxing fans can relate to uh the gap of skill
1:17:03
there um These are some of the most talented
1:17:07
athletes in the world, and they're fighting,
1:17:09
especially if I can point out the Muay Thai stuff
1:17:12
that happens in 1FC. It's phenomenal. Another
1:17:16
reason that a boxing fan would want this, would
1:17:18
want to jump in now, is that I think unlike a
1:17:22
lot of the cards you're used to watching in boxing,
1:17:24
MMA cards are worth watching from the start.
1:17:28
You don't have to wait until the co -main to
1:17:31
see... something that isn't complete nerd shit
1:17:34
most of the times you're seeing even if it's
1:17:37
a lower skill uh feeling you're still seeing
1:17:42
fights that are exciting and compelling to watch
1:17:44
um we just came off the backs of usc 327 and
1:17:49
that card top to bottom was like absolutely stacked
1:17:52
so great example you can watch the whole thing
1:17:56
for you know in bits and pieces or from start
1:18:00
to finish and paramount plus right now, if you
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subscribe, so paramount, give us some money.
1:18:04
We're doing, doing marketing for you. So that
1:18:08
would be my pitch. Perfect. If you do decide
1:18:10
to give MMA a shot, then why don't you check
1:18:12
out ultimate effing casuals? It's kind of the
1:18:14
same format. We talked the fights that happened
1:18:17
in the past weekend. Then the stuff coming up
1:18:19
this weekend, give it a shot. It's ultimate effing
1:18:23
casuals.