Canelo Alvarez vs. GGG 3 | The Scorecard with Cedric Benn | Talkin Fight

Cedric discusses the third fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin.

Canelo Alvarez defeated Gennadiy Golovkin via unanimous decision (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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What up? What up? What up? Welcome back to the scorecard the boxing scorecard, where I asked people to bring your scorecard and an explanation? Not just simply your opinion.

I am coming to you live from Sofia, Bulgaria and it’s sorry, Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, you better make sure you pronounce it properly because the locals here will get you mad.

If you, if you try to say Sophia, it’s not Sophia.

It’S Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, beautiful country, I’m here, thank you to boxing Canada here to support and help coach the women’s Senior Team at the um at the balkam tournament um.

So a bunch of countries here this week was just training camp next week.

Uh.

The tournament starts.

The draws tomorrow actually and then uh.

The tournament is the rest of the week after that so uh next week, I’ll, let you know about the results expecting some the coming back come expecting to come back to Canada with some medals.

Now, let’s get to the main event from last night, the trilogy, the trilogy between canel Saul, Canelo, Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin Triple G.

This was the third fight of um of their battles that they’ve had over the years and um.

It was not as competitive as I was hoping it would be um with that being said, everyone get your scorecards ready, please because uh.

Obviously I got my scorecard ready and I really need to know what what how how people scored this fight, because I scored it.

A shutout for Canelo um, there was a few close rounds, but I just straight up: had it had a shutout for Canelo? I do.

I really don’t understand how um how the judges had it.

One judge had it 116 112 and then the two other judges had it uh 115 to 113.

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I really don’t understand that Zev.

What up? What up my man Zev, I’m gon na, go through my scorecard and then I’m gon na get to uh.

Get to all the comments in a second thank you for coming in Zev, um yeah.

I had it 120 to 108.

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Like I said I’ve I had.

I scored round round two and round nine were close rounds, but still not not close enough for me to give it to Triple G um, and, to be honest, this this fight reminded me of when uh when Tyson Fury fought Klitschko.

You know Klitschko was 39 years old with gray hair.

Nobody really talks about that.

But uh.

This was the exact same situation Triple G uh.

You know borderline Hall of Famer, but definitely a great fighter, one of the best fighters of this of this generation uh.

But at 40 years old you know you know the old saying that they say in sports, especially in fighting like the last thing to leave.

You is your power, which is very true.

The last thing to leave.

You is your power, but when you’re an athlete, the first thing to the first thing to leave.

You is your reflexes and reaction time.

It’S not necessarily the speed, because, when you like, when you go to make a move like you can still be fast, but it’s how it’s how you, how fast you can react to what your opponent is doing, that determines your that’s! That’S the reflexes and reaction time and and even though you know, as you get older, you still maintain your power that reflexes and reaction time.

That’S that’s one of the first thing that goes, which is the reason why most athletes have to retire in their mid to late 30s right, because that’s that’s the time that uh that that your reflexes and reaction time start to slow down um.

So Triple G came into this fight at 40 years old.

Now, with that being said, just a little side note, let’s not forget.

Mayweather was 36 years old when he schooled Canelo.

You know the whole narrative.

The whole world tries to make an excuse for Canelo, saying that, oh he was too young, he wasn’t ready yet, even though he was 22 years old, he was a professional for almost 10 years and had 40 professional fights against grown men.

Um and Mayweather was 36 years old when he schooled him.

So just a little side note there Triple G um, yeah man, it’s just he just couldn’t pull the trigger.

Let me go through my scorecard real quick.

I even though I scored every round for for Canelo.

I was gon na give you my quick notes round.

One uh Canelo, applying a pressure um and Gigi with g triple G was just really jabbing his way to through through that first round, and this is what basically was for for the whole fight.

Second round.

Canelo same as first Triple G, Landing, Jabs but just seems, Canelo was more effective with his strategy, both landed um both landed.

Some big left hooks in that left in that second round.

The left hook that that Triple G landed in that second round was probably one of the only significant punches.

No, no sorry he did land something later on, but earlier on that left hook that he landed was really the only thing that uh type of offense that he was doing.

Besides his touch jab, it wasn’t even a hard job.

He was just touching him third round.

Uh my notes Triple G waiting too long Canelo was gaining momentum.

Fourth round fourth round same as third Triple G, better pick, my nose was Triple G, better pick up the pace, or else it’s gon na be a long night.

I said his reaction time is not there.

That was my notes round.

Five, it’s getting worse for Triple G Landslide for Canelo.

Well, the Triple G just looks too relaxed round six um.

They say this is what I said at the beginning.

They say the last thing leave is your power, but the first thing you’ll need is to leave is your reflexes and reflexes and reaction time, it’s pretty obvious that Triple G has lost it round.

Seven um Triple G is not getting beat up.

He wasn’t like his face was a little bit marked up, but you can’t say like at no point was he in danger of getting an eight count from getting beat up um, but he just he just looked bad.

He just looked bad um Canelo doing his thing.

Looking comfortable round eight round, eight um by this time, Triple G needed a knockout to win um one of the stats that one of the interesting stats that I heard the commentator say is that 31 to six as far as body punches that were landed, it was 31-6, 31 body punches landed for Canelo, six body punches landed for Triple G.

I don’t know what percentage that is, but a very big difference there um round nine round.

Nine is uh.

I I I still gave it to Canelo.

I mark it as a close round.

You know I marked it as a close round, but I still gave it to Canelo um Triple G had the momentum and that momentum that he had was really only in the last minute.

It’S not like.

He controlled the whole that whole ninth round.

You know.

Sometimes people might get fooled by by the crowd, getting hyped up the crowd getting hyped up in that last minute they were just hyped up, because that was the first time Triple G actually mounted any type of offense to to trouble Canelo a little bit round 10.

I didn’t even write any notes for round 10 around 11 another interesting stat round: 11 uh.

The announcer said that Triple G has thrown 300 fewer punches than the last fight 300, not 30, 300 punches fewer than the last fight and then round 12, or my only note for round 12 was disappointed because I was just expecting even though he’s 40 years old And I was expecting him to to uh Triple G to make it a little bit more of a competitive fight.

We got David chasing the building.

Now, all right, let me get to to the comments, real, quick and then um.

How do I scroll down to this again all right, so my man Zev says uh? Yes, it wasn’t a thrilling as their first two fights and their second fight was the best, but respect to both Warriors Canelo curly won.

I thought at least eight or nine rounds.

Yeah, I thought he won every round like again the the rounds that you might have gave what rounds Zev.

Maybe you said in your chat here, but if you didn’t say it in the chat what rounds? I want to know exactly what rounds that uh that you guys gave to Triple G, please.

I would love to know that and why um Zev also wrote and Triple G is passed.

His prime Canelo apparently hurt his left hand, possibly broken.

So that’s why he couldn’t throw his jab and left hook with usual power after the third.

Well, it looked like he was still whipping it in there.

It didn’t like to me it didn’t look like Canelo had a hand, injury.

He was still whipping his punches in there and um.

You know if, if I’m assuming Triple G still felt that power, that’s the one of the reasons why why Triple G was hesitating to to come forward and do his thing? Um Zev also wrote the the Rivalry is over yeah, damn right, it’s over the Triple G, the trilogy has ended and I think Canelo edits it um officially, but unofficially too.

In my opinion, Triple G has that a pretty stellar career if he wants to continue.

I uh if he wants to continue against lower level competition but uh to fight the best, like I don’t know like you, think, Triple G can fight could go against like Charlo or benavidez, or one of those guys right now.

That would be a very good big problem for him: um, maybe a turtle fight at middleweights for a Payday listen.

This is one thing.

I’M gon na get back to the comments in one second, okay, um.

I don’t like to accuse fighters of throwing fights.

I I really hesitate of doing that because you know just stepping into the ring.

You know that it’s a very dangerous sport, so you know just step into the ring just just to for no reason um.

So I don’t like to accuse fighters of taking fights for just a paycheck um, but this fight right here, judging by triple G’s reaction after the fight, judging by triple G’s reaction after the fight it kind of looked like, he was just satisfied with just making this Big payday, because this this was obviously the biggest payday of uh of any fight that any other fight that he would have had at right now against Canelo and part of me again.

I don’t like to accuse fighters of just taking a paycheck knowing that they’re gon na lose judging by triple G’s reaction.

After the fight like he didn’t, seem disappointed at all like there was a point after the fight someone like he was still in the ring.

Someone gave him a telephone he’s on the phone, whoever he was talking to.

He was smiling.

He had a big smile on his face.

I’M sitting there like what are you smiling about you just lost? Clearly you weren’t even competitive at all.

What the hell are.

You smiling about right now, anyways.

So again I don’t like to accuse fighters of of just taking fights for a paycheck, but man I don’t know I don’t know, is that what else you got? Nine three or eight four for Canelo hold up hold up.

Oh she’s! Coming fast here, 9384 for Canelo was the right call.

I think Triple G should do one more fight before call it quits the championship round, surprised me, it was Canelo, one Canelo was the one that was tired.

You think so um yeah, I don’t know.

Maybe it was a combination of Canelo being tighter or Triple G, just realizing that uh he needs to to step it up now.

Um my man David Chase.

What up? What up um, I thought Golovkin, I thought Golovkin best performance was the first fight.

Yes, I believe that too, a fight which he won, in my opinion, yep.

Oh, that was the one that was a draw yep.

I believe he won that one.

This was absolutely his worst performance out of the three fights.

Yes, it definitely was, which is the reason why I’m confused how how the referees gave him five rounds.

I mean the officials gave him five rounds.

What five rounds did they give him anyways that I’m sure we can find out if anybody has uh has a minute? Can you check do a little bit of Google research and find out if you can find out what rounds? What rounds did the officials actually give Triple G because I really don’t understand which ones again? There was a couple of close rounds that I had.

I think I had round two and round nine as close rounds, but not enough to give Triple G.

The clear win David Chase also wrote.

He literally threw nothing behind the jab for first seven rounds and looked awfully slow.

Yes, exactly coming back to the reflexes and reaction times, it’s not there anymore.

He might still have the power, but yeah um, Chris Peters.

What up? What up? Thank you for for chiming, in with your scorecard and your explanation.

Chris Peters, had it uh.

116.

112.

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Two judges scored it 115 113, which means um had triple G won one more round.

It would have been a draw that is effing crazy if Triple G would have won one more round if they would have gave Triple G one more round.

That fight would have been a draw that is effing, crazy man.

I I love the sport of boxing, but you know this uh, these officials, man, these officials – need to explain themselves sometimes, like you know my show, the scorecard.

I tell people to bring your scorecard an explanation.

These officials need to explain themselves when 90 of of the crowd disagrees with them.

Um, you got the all the comments coming in she’s coming in fast uh, uh, uh uh.

Chris Peters also says I’m a Triple G fan, but he came to this.

He came to survive the fight and at 40 years old it was understandably all he he can do, yeah exactly exactly my man, Graham what up? What up? In my opinion, the fight was set up to support Mexican Independence weekend celebrations in Las Vegas.

Triple G was never going to win you’re right; it was about the money all right.

I didn’t even think about that.

Yes, shout out to the Mexican Independence weekend.

Um again, I guess I don’t like the accused fighters of taking fights just for a fight, but it really this this one really felt like it.

It really felt like it like Triple G.

It was even like out of breath at the end of the fourth at the end, at the end of the 12th round, like it’s not like, he gave it as all he didn’t even give it his all.

So I don’t know I was really disappointed.

What up to sports culture, gaming? Thank you for chiming in uh.

Looked at me like a guy who was 40.

Oh looked at me like a guy who was 40 and way past this Prime and a younger guy who was also past his best but still had a little left in the tank yeah.

That’S the other thing too Canelo.

I don’t know I don’t know.

I don’t know exactly how old Canelo is, but he’s had like 60 fights by now he’s been fighting since he was 15 years old um.

So there’s a lot of wear and tear on on canelo’s body too.

I don’t think he has too much more fights in him.

Um canelo’s, definitely a first first ballot Hall of Famer um.

So you know his his his his spot in um in the Hall of Fame is is already there.

So I’m not sure how much more motivation Canelo has to to to keep fighting at the top level.

Um Sports culture, gaming also says Canelo looked terrible at about five rounds.

Canelo, looked terrible after about five rounds and Triple G was just slow and scared to pull the trigger.

I thought the scores were fair.

To be honest, you thought the scores were fair.

You thought 115 113 was fair um as far as Triple G being scared to pull the trigger it’s a instead of using the word scared.

I don’t think I don’t think a fighter is scared just to step into the ring.

No one’s scared to just for the simple fact that you step into the ring, but it’s more you’re, more you’re, more uh.

I guess you could use the word scared, because it’s like you, you you’re, hesitating to throw knowing that you don’t have the reflexes to counter or or to to defend.

What’S going to be coming back at you if something coming, if something comes back at you with the speed, so you know that it’s more of a hesitation thing and uh yeah.

The hesitation thing is what what makes Fighters not throw because they’re worried about defending themselves or worried about missing and getting countered.

Uh Sports gaming culture, Canelo jumped out to a big early lead and then gave up a bunch of rounds from seven on fight, lacked any real fireworks.

Yes, um, but again I put that on Triple G as far as the as far as the the fight lacking uh lacking fireworks, Canelo was doing his thing.

Um Zev said before that I don’t know.

I don’t know if this is confirmed or not, but apparently Canelo hurt his hand so that that’s what made him not you know go for the try to take him out.

But if, if that’s not the case, then I I put it on Triple G.

Why the fight didn’t have fireworks? I don’t I don’t really put that one on Canelo.

I think it was up to Triple G to do more.

I guess that the guy didn’t even look like he was trying hard um, my man Nick my man, Nick leishman.

Thank you for coming in Triple G box behind the jab as always, and look for opportunities for the right hand, but against Canelo, but against Canelo.

Those Don’t Come Easy.

Uh, yeah Canelo has very good defense, um and canelo’s.

Last fight against the Vol Deval was able to stay on his toes and and keep Canelo at at his uh at his full distance.

But we’ve all had Canelo at the full range of his of his punches um.

So Canelo had trouble coming in Triple G was trying to do that, but once again didn’t have the reaction to to continue it on or to do it can uh consistently Nick also says, and if you commit to and if you commit to it, you better be Right since he was one of the best counter punches in the game, you talking about uh, Canelo or or Triple G um, I think Canelo landed 13 punches in round one.

That was the top output.

It was a tactical battle.

I didn’t see anyone on the verge of being put away.

I don’t think either guy looked bad, yeah you’re exactly right, um, no guy! No, no one was on the verge of uh of being put away, and once again I put this on Triple G, because he Triple G was more fighting to to to Once once.

I believe Triple G realized that his reflex and reaction were not good enough against Canelo he mentally mentally.

He just kind of went into survival mode where he was.

He was more throwing punches to try to keep Canelo off of him, not necessarily throwing punches to try to hurt Canelo.

He was more throwing like the jab like get away from me like get away from me, punches! Not I’m coming to hurt.

You type punches uh.

Both smart and boxed that box the game – oh both, were smart and boxed.

That’S what the game is all about.

Yeah man boxing: it’s not uh! It’S not fighting! It’S not um! It’S not street fighting! It’S not any other combat sport.

It’S boxing stick and move.

Stick and move, but you got ta, have the reaction time to stick and move uh which wasn’t there.

So that’s that’s! That’S what it is man now that we went through those I want to know um.

Hopefully some people come in some.

Hopefully, some more comments come in on on your scorecards and if anybody gave some more rounds to Triple G, please explain yourself, but now I want to know from people where, where do these two fighters go from here? Um no no fighter wants to end their career with a loss.

I’M sure Triple G doesn’t want to go out like this um.

Maybe his promoter will give him a not an easy touch, but like someone from a a c or B level, competition that he has a better chance of winning so that he can try to end his career on a good note, because I don’t see, I me Honestly, I do not see uh um Triple G, beating, Charlo or benavidez.

I cannot see that I cannot see that um when he was in his prime about five six years ago.

You know he he everyone would have probably picked Triple E to steamroll all these guys.

But now you know you see it from last night man, you see it from last night.

The fight your eyes, don’t lie your eyes.

Don’T lie um so not sure where Triple G goes from here um.

He is a very good coach.

Jonathan Banks who came under Emmanuel Stewart in the crunk gym uh one of the greatest trainers of all time.

But I don’t know man, I don’t know.

I don’t know where Triple G goes from here.

As far as Canelo again, how old is Canelo has to be in his in his mid 30s by now, when he fought Mayweather back in 2012, he was 22.

So he’s 32 now um, you know he’s 32, but he’s he’s an old 32 because he has about 60 fights.

Remember he’s Canelo turned Pro when he was 15 years old, 15 or 16 years old.

So he has a.

He has a lot of mileage.

A lot of kilometers on those legs on that body a lot of punches, a lot of sparring um, a lot of wear and tear a lot of wear and tear my man Tyler Lee.

Thank you for coming in one of the biggest influences of of scoring.

Is that just because a fighter finally gets a little in his Zone that he is the winning that he’s winning the rounds? Yeah yeah yeah.

But what do you give me a little bit more on that uh, Mr Tyler Lee? What exactly do you mean by that who’s that he’s speaking about, and here you go well Triple G – did better late and coming on coming on little, it doesn’t mean he was winning all those late rounds, this one.

This was an overall dominant win for Canelo.

Yes, and that’s exactly what I said: um Triple G did come on late, but it wasn’t enough to give him those rounds.

It was not enough, like the times that he was coming on late.

It was like literally the last minute, the last minute of the round.

Canelo was 32 years old.

Thank you, Mr Barrington.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

He’S 32 years old but, like I said it’s a it’s a it’s a little bit older 32, 32 years old, because he’s been in the game for over 15 years, um at 32 years old, most guys turn pro when they’re, like you know, maybe 23 24-25.

He turned pro at 15-16, so that’s a different type of 32.

um.

So it’s going to be interesting where Canelo goes from here, there’s still some big he’s still, you could still consider Canelo one of the biggest draws in the sport I didn’t see.

Quite I did see quite a few empty seats in in the in the arena last night, so uh so uh if canelo’s gon na continue um.

So it’s not like you know, everyone was saying.

Canelo is the number one draw in the sport as far as um as far as paper wow, that scent is really beaming and beaming down.

I apologize for that.

I don’t know if I could adjust it, you can move over a little bit.

Is that better um? So yeah man um, like I think that for Canelo, the Charlo fight would be competitive.

The David Benavides, you see, you know what’s funny about the David Benavides fight.

I would think David benavidez would give Canelo a good run like two years ago.

It’S only now, and I can confirm this – do I have receipts from people that have argued with two years ago about Benavides being the one to give Canelo trouble um, it seems like now.

Only now people are coming around to saying that benavidez is gon na would be the one to uh to to to beat Ben to beat Canelo Benavides would be the one to be Canelo um.

So it’s going to be interested after the fight.

Canelo said that he’s very interested in the rematch with Deval, of course, if the money’s right um, so that’s going to be interesting too, I don’t know again.

I don’t know himself has a test against zerto Ramirez who’s, another tough Southpaw Mexican – that that is going to be a very interesting match right there, I’m very interested to see uh the results of that one that one, I believe is in November.

Correct me: if I’m wrong, please my man, Eddie Barrington, says all judges gave Triple G to 8th and 10th and they were mixed on the 6th, 9th 10th and 11th rounds 8 and 12.

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Let me read that one more time all the judges gave Triple G.

The eighth and the tenth – oh sorry, the eighth and the 12th – is what you’re saying uh, but they were mixed on the sixth on the round, six, nine ten and eleven interesting interesting again Triple G had spurts and and moments where he might have landed something there Was one round where I I literally, I just turned my head for one second, and I looked back and canel looked like like his legs, his legs kind of wobbled a little bit.

I don’t know if it was because he was off bouncer because he got hit with it with A Hard Punch, but again Triple G did not capitalize off of it um.

So you know it didn’t, really have any significance there um and that that was it man that was it um the end of the trilogy, and it looks like the in a couple years, not in a couple of years, like sooner than later, there is going to Be uh this new generation of boxers are going to be taking over if Canelo doesn’t doesn’t uh and kennel he’s in an interesting position right now, because he can decide to take that rematch with baval, which was going up again at light heavyweight.

But that would be it after I can you? Can anybody see out there see if he does? Let’S just say, Canelo wins beats benval in the rematch.

Can any of you guys honestly say that Camilla would beat better beef, the the real number one guy at uh at light heavyweight and the interesting the interesting thing about better bieve, Archer, better bieve and Beval, because a lot of people are saying you know, vivald has Better skills than better be of but a little side note that people people might not know is in the amateurs, their booval and better, be if they’re, both from Russia in the amateurs.

The reason why bevalde never never went to the Olympics is could better be.

It was the number one guy so interesting that they’re, both in the same uh, the same situation right now at light heavyweight better be of is the number one guy Duval is uh.

Definitely number two: the Vol has the better win against Canelo.

So you know it’d be very interesting, very, very interesting to see how that would play out now and then again the thing with Canelo Canelo has moved up and down uh a few times in his career.

Sorry about that sorry, like Canelo, has moved up and down a few times in his career, but the thing when you’re, 32 years old and you’re still trying to cut weight.

Your body reacts differently from from from moving up in weight that much as you get older.

Like the the body reacts differently and again, at 32 years old he’s he’s on the the early stages of of athlete retirement age at 32 years old.

You know most of the top athletes, even the best of the best have to retire.

You know like 36 37 years old, which is why it’s amazing, why you know in another sport like LeBron James at 37 years old.

Clearly still one of the best athletes in the sport is still doing his thing in a sport where your athleticism is very important.

Um so shout out to shout out to him, but as far as Canelo, like I said, 32 years old, I’ve been fighting been fighting against grown man for the past 15 16 years.

All those fights all those rounds of sparring, all the the the you know, the punches that you take to you not just to the head, but to your body to your arms.

All the aches and pains you know starts to break down.

It starts to break down as you get older, so I would not suggest for Canelo to to go up.

If he’s gon na go up, he should probably stay there at light heavyweight, but then again, if he beats bival, I do not see him beating the monster in better BF.

So I would think canelo’s best bet is to stay at 168.

and challenge Charlo.

I still think that would be a competitive fight, um, Canelo and Charlo Canelo and Charlo.

I would have to go, buy Canelo by Split Decision.

I think it would be a very competitive fight um, but the fight would probably be in in uh in Las Vegas and the judges.

You see how the judges score their score, but it would be I’ll go by by Canelo by split decision if he fought Charlo.

Now, David Benavides, I do not see Canelo beating David benavidez at all.

I uh.

That would be a big big show like.

I think I honestly think David benavidez would be a tougher fight for Canelo to win than Deval who’s in the higher way class, because Beval is more of a boxer like just straight up out boxed Canelo.

The ball didn’t really try to hurt Canelo, but he clearly outboxed him.

He clearly outboxed him, but he did not hurt him the difference with David benavidez, I think benavidez would actually come forward and try to hurt Canelo.

I think he would try and remember David Benavides is coming down like he used to be a fat kid.

He was like 200 pounds and he cut himself down to 168.

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That’S why he doesn’t that’s.

Why you don’t really you know his body is kind of deceiving because he doesn’t have like a ripped six-pack or anything like that, but he’s effing strong and he has good good movement too.

So that would be very interesting.

That’D be very interesting um before I log off here any more comments, any more any more scorecards or any more comments in the comments section about this fight, the end to the to the trilogy between South Canelo Alvarez and uh, Gennady, Golovkin, no, no more comments or Or questions so come on.

Give me something give me something guys give me something to talk about here, we’re already a half an hour in already half an hour um, but yeah.

So that is it.

I guess that is it for this week.

Um we’re here on talk and fight every uh, every Sunday, 9 30 a.

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I’M actually I’m in, like I said I’m, this is a a couple of hours difference like seven hours ahead, so actually in Bulgaria.

It is five o’clock right now, 5 p.

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Right now it is 10 a.

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So I’ll try to try to time it again as long as we’re not competing or have any training training that day, um I’ll be back at the same time.

Next week, Tyler Lee just asked who’s next for nello wow.

We just talked about that bro uh he’s either he’s gon na move up to light heavyweight to get that rematch with the ball or Canelo.

Has it tough anywhere? He goes where he goes up for the rematch with baval, or he stays at 168 and challenges benavidez or Trello.

Canelo still has it tough bival again, maybe yeah well after, like I said in the ring after the fight Canelo said that he was interested in that rematch with above all, so we’ll see, if that happens again, Charlo possible too Charles been calling out calling him out For the past couple of years now um, so it’s gon na be interesting man.

It’S gon na be interesting, yeah buddy, all right man.

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My man, Graham coming into Canelo, must surely want 60 wins before retiring, so his team will pick carefully his opponent.

What is he at 59? Now? I’M assuming you I’m assuming you said that, because he’s like he’s, probably at 59 now uh yeah that’d be cool, especially in this generation.

It’S not like in in the in back in the day where guys regularly had you know, like 50 60 fights nowadays uh and it’s nothing wrong with that.

Like a perfect example, is Andre Ward, one of my favorite fighters of all time he retired at? I believe he only had under 40 fights right.

His record was like 35-0 or something like that.

Um and Andre Ward is a first ballot Hall of Famer, one of the best boxers super middleweight or super middleweight of all time.

I would put him in my top five yeah: that’s right! Top five um, you can argue top ten Andre Ward has not lost the fight, since he was 12 years old, 12 years old.

The only thing you can say about Andre Ward is that the first Sergey kovalev fight was a close one.

That was a controversial uh.

That was a controversial decision um, but other than that you know uh, um, Andre Ward.

Another reason why I respect Andre Ward going to the Olympics is here’s a quick story about Andre Ward that people might not know when he was going to the Olympics.

He was a middleweight one of his good friends, uh Darrell one of the Darrell Brothers.

I can’t know if it’s Anthony or Andre one of them was also at the at Super middleweight.

Andre Ward is such a good friend that he decided to let his friend take that that super middleweight, spot and Ward decided to move up to light heavyweights in the amateurs and still won a gold medal at the Olympics.

That is very impressive um.

He turned Pro cleaned out.

Everyone in his division moved up to Super middleweight, cleaned out everyone in his Division and the only and then moved up the light heavyweight and beat up The Crusher and don’t forget that either you see when Canelo fought sorry kovalev, he was already beat up and already Washed up when Andre Ward fought Canelo he when Andre Ward fought Canelo, he wasn’t.

He wasn’t.

I mean sorry when Andre Ward fought um, Sergey kovalev, no one called it.

He wasn’t known as Sergey Koval if he was known as The Crusher remember he had he had.

He had the word Crusher across his shorts, because that’s what he was doing to people at the time kovalev was on kovalev was on everyone’s pound for pound top 10 list at the time when Andre Ward fought him.

That is why that that win is very impressive and don’t forget, Andre Ward didn’t have to take that rematch either.

He chose to take that rematch.

A couple more comments in here too um Canelo, canelo’s, uh canelo’s record is 58 wins two losses and two draws.

58.

2 and 2.

, that is very impressive, with 39 Kos Graham, is asking when you can do a live, fart part fight party uh, I don’t know man, I don’t know, I don’t know depends uh.

The people have to demand it.

If anybody wants me to do a live fight party, you guys got to ask for it.

I’M not gon na, do it so say in the chat or or you know, um tag talk and fight on Twitter or any social media, or even my social media.

At Cedric Sports, and let me know that you want me to do a live and I’ll do a live.

I’M not just gon na do a live if nobody’s gon na watch it.

Let me know you can’t, let me know you guys want it.

First um Floyd says: Ward, couldn’t sell tickets, yeah, yeah yeah, that’s yeah, the whole selling tickets thing.

That’S that’s another part of the game, you know what and I’m glad you brought that up.

That’S that’s gon na give me a couple of minutes to talk about this too.

As far as selling tickets.

First of all, that’s the your promoter and that’s the promoter’s job.

That’S your your title is promoter promote the fight so that more tickets can be sold.

That’S your number one job as the fighter, I’m focused on training, so I it really bothers me when, when I hear people say a fighter can’t sell tickets, but they never mention it about anything about the promoter.

What is what is the? What is the promoter doing to help sell those tickets? That’S his only job.

The fighter has to train You’re, Expecting The Fighter to stay focused on his training camp and then go do a million interviews and talk to every single person to help promote his fight.

That’S that’s not fair, to put it all on the fighter.

That’S your promoter! That’S your job! Your hand, people around you.

You know if you’re, if you’re at a certain level, you should have someone from your team handling your social media to help you get out there.

Nowadays, with social media, if you’re a um, an athlete or especially in boxing where you don’t have like, for example, in other sports, like the NBA or NFL, the the the the league takes care of the the promoting you know they’re on commercials, the league pays for Commercials and all that stuff, when you’re in an individual sport like uh like Combat Sports, MMA or or not even MMA, can UFC the UFC promotes the guys right, but in boxing where you’re your own you’re your own person, you should be big on social media.

Like you should be posting stuff, daily or weekly on your social media to help promote yourself or someone from your team should be doing that um.

So my whole point of bringing that up is talking about Andre Ward.

You know people talking about how he didn’t sell tickets good, you know and then there’s other fighters who who you know, people even say that about Terence Crawford.

They say that he doesn’t sell tickets because he doesn’t have the right personality.

That’S the other thing too, like not everyone has this Conor McGregor, Tyson, Fury, type mentality, type, talking mentality that just that they can just talk like that.

That’S not your! That’S, not their their personality.

You know I’m saying like if anything, if, if people want boxers to be more promotable or to act a certain way, you know, ideally, you should tell the promoter to pay for, for the fighter to take acting lessons.

Tell the promoter to pay the fighter to take acting lessons so that they can act like some.

You know act like like Tyson, Fury or or Conor McGregor, who are great talkers and great at selling their fights.

Some people just don’t have that personality all right and, and with that being said, Andre Ward might not have sold the the the most underwear definitely did not sell the most amount of tickets of his Generation Um.

Yes, he could have made more money, but he still made I’m sure, he’s still, okay, with the millions that he’s made uh um from his career.

That’S why he was that’s why he could retire early right um.

So I’m sure I don’t know exactly what his net worth is, but I’m assuming I’m assuming I’m just assuming ward – has a good 10 million in his bank account just that he can just chill off of for the rest of his life right.

A good 10 mil that he can just relax, um and – and you know, he’s already he’s doing his TV commentary, so I’m sure he’s good with that um.

So not again, when it comes to selling tickets, not every fighter has that type of personality.

That’S gon na sell tickets, so you just have to make sure that you look good and win your fights and then uh the finances will take care of themselves.

Yeah all right man, that’s enough talking for me today, unless you guys had any more questions in the comments.

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I will see you guys next week, I’m not sure if I’ll still be in uh in Sofia, Bulgaria, don’t forget it’s Sofia, not Sophia Sophia, Bulgaria, beautiful country, beautiful country, all right man, talking fight, I’m out peace, foreign