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EPISODE: Episode 12
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Hello boxing fans around the world.
Thank you for joining us once again on talk and fight for another edition of the friday night panel featuring mike orr and myself, graham boyce we’re going to rock uh through a few special events that are happening this particular weekend and then maybe close out with a Few memorable occasions that occurred this past year, why don’t you start us off mike? What do you got all right? Definitely uh! You know talking fight fans thanks for tuning in on this nice christmas eve, special um, yeah uh, there there are fights, there are fights this weekend, believe it or not, boxing fans.
You are not left alone to sit by yourself and and just open presents without watching fights, because we are we’re having it.
We have the um, maleki junior and the lomba card is going on uh and that’s starting 8 p.
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Eastern standard time, guys, that’s 5 p.
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Pacific and it’s live on fox and um welterweight prospect and new jersey native vito maliki jr will battle nicholas de lomba in a 10 round match up on saturday.
It’S headlining fox, pbc, friday, night action and on farce deportees on christmas day from the prudential center.
In new york, new jersey – and it will begin at 8 o’clock, guys and honestly, vito molecki jr has cultivated a growing and devoted fan base in his state of new jersey, and he will look to give them all a christmas day.
Gift with an elected performance against nicolas deloba uh in his first heading appearance on fox um, guys representing roslyn, milecki, jr, who’s, nine and one with six kos makes his second straight appearance at the prudential center as he bounces back from his first career defeat.
Stop to noah king in newark in july, on fox the knights.
Your own began turning heads during an exceptional amateur career where he compiled 147 and 22 record and was named the most outstanding boxer of 2011 junior national golden gloves amongst many accolades before turning pro so guys.
This is a big card de lomba he’s and three with five kos uh.
You know he put together a five fight win streak, uh he’s heading into his most recent boat uh, which we saw him drop a decision to super lightweight contender, richard hitchens, uh, richardson hitchens, who i talked about this week, actually um in february of 2020 yeah.
So we’ve talked about him he’s coming off, you know, dropping and dropping decisions, super lightweight richard hitchinson’s.
He who we’ve talked about and you guys got to check out as well, but this is a big card also on the card.
The co-main event is going to be the 21 year old spencer, who is 12-0 with 9 kos turned pro in february of 2017, and immediately caught everybody’s eye um with the combination of speed and power and athleticism following his 2020 campaign uh the lyndon michigan native opened 2021, with a first round tko over isaiah seldon uh, who i’ve talked about as well in january, on fox spencer, continued his march towards world title contention with a wide unanimous decision triumph over james martin in july, guys lots of people on this card.
Man make sure you check it out, he’s fighting against born acapellico, acapulco guerrero, mexico, ponce uh.
He fights out of rock island illinois throughout his pro career that dates back to 2012.
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This 30 year old, followed up 2016 defeat to niso macias uh, with seven straight wins before 2019 uh split decision lost to thomas hill uh pawns returned to the ring in june of this year, uh to stop chris grays in three rounds so guys.
This is a big card.
Man um, you know lots to see on christmas day and um.
Also on that card man there’s a bunch of uh there’s a bunch of up and comers.
We’Ve got uh three three pro debuts that uh that i’ve been looking forward to uh.
We got a couple of guys on here that you know have barely hit the ten fight mark, so we’re gon na see a lot of um.
We’Re gon na say we’re gon na see a lot trayvon martial, we’ve uh we’ve had him.
We’Ve talked to him before uh this kid man, um you’re, not gon na – want to miss his fight.
It’S great.
I’M super excited for this card, guys uh a lot of look.
I’M super excited because it’s a lot of no-namers that you guys won’t know that i’ve been following since the beginning of their careers.
So, for me, i’m excited because the whole card’s full of a bunch of up-and-comers, which you know are the future of our sport and uh yeah.
There’S there are some other cards around the world, but uh, i don’t think we’ll be able to uh check those out.
We’Ve got a card in germany, that’s going on uh, we got a card in ghana, we have a card in tanzania and we have a card in the congo uh guys.
If you’re able to see any of those, let us know drop it drop it to us.
Somehow man, let us know where we can find the streams, because i’m going to definitely be looking for them all weekend and uh yeah.
That’S pretty much all the fights that are really going on this weekend, not too much man.
It’S christmas right.
It’S christmas and uh.
Give them their due for taking up the fight uh during the christmas time, that’s great for them.
Yeah man, yeah um.
One of the things i wanted to mention as we look back on 2021, was the olympics uh.
You know, because uh we were going into that with a bit of trepidation, because we didn’t know how the judging would turn out.
There was a bit of controversy from prior years, but it turned out okay and we saw some pretty decent fights and some good names emanating out of the olympics.
So i think that was good news for 2021 and the sport of boxing definitely definitely uh what i’m excited for what i’m excited for and what i i i get to do.
Is i get to go back and watch all the greatest knockouts of the year.
So far – and i have the wonderful wonderful job of picking our winner for the year, so i’m gon na get to go back and relive.
You know the virtualette knockout uh, the fan jog by knockout uh, the top the thomas of the two all knocked out – and i mean like some of these – are some game-changing nagos.
There are a lot of guys this year that literally were stopped dead in their tracks.
Guys go back talking, fight.
com hit it up, check out the sunday knockout awards show it’s there, you can check it and you can.
You can come along with me on this wonderful journey and watch all of our knockout shows and help me pick our winner man, because, honestly, it’s gon na be it’s gon na be hard.
It’S gon na be hard to pick the winner, because there are so many great ones that we got to see this year, although there were some great, certainly some great knockouts.
This year, uh some of the other honorable mentions in terms of classic fights with the uh tyson fury, fight going up against deontay wilder and alexander youssef, going up against anthony joshua.
Both of those heavyweight fights were created a lot of interest in the sport of boxing and again that’s good names for the sport and and the return of lomachenko uh.
Yes, i wanted to mention too then, in these other divisions, as you take a look at not so much how they’re changing and not so much how the organizations are helping them change.
But there is change.
There is movement not so much in the heavyweight division, but but uh we have noticed in this past year, uh, you know canelo what the heck uh and that and now everyone’s wearing a piece of him, which is which is fine, because i just again creates excitement For the sport, and especially in mexico wow, i couldn’t believe how many people i mean that guy was his pick, the biggest hockey star ever the biggest soccer star ever and you talked to mexican, and you mentioned boxing canelo right off the tip of the tongue.
Yeah man, you know the interesting thing too uh about this past year was uh, cambodia’s and uh.
You know no, no.
Nobody expected that.
Honestly, it was kind of yeah.
I wasn’t expecting it, but it happened and it just goes to show you man, it’s uh.
It’S anybody’s game on any day, really yeah, absolutely you know he showed up brought us a game and tia fomo didn’t and uh.
You know what it just goes to show you know: hey, maybe maybe maybe ring rust, does sometimes play a big factor.
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What’S this carl carl from last spell how you doing brother merry christmas to the uk, uh 2022 will be the return of loma.
Yes, yes, big statement.
Thank you.
He looked amazing in his fight.
I can’t wait.
Uh 2022 is gon na definitely be a huge year.
Uh one big honorable mention of last year – 2021, definitely uh the ebony bridges and shannon courtney match uh.
What what an epic epic epic event! I would argue that women stepped it up last year or this this past year.
Yes, well, we also, we also had.
We also had the all women’s card, the first time ever uh, which was which was headlined by clarissa shields where uh you know where she became the only boxer, male or female, in history to be undisputed in two different weight classes.
So she made history this year, women women definitely got put on the map.
They really stepped it up.
They really made some some some some headway man in in their fight to for equality in boxing uh.
You know they they had an epic year this year and guys you can check out all our interviews where we talk to these women about how hungry they are and how much they want the equality and how much they they want.
Women’S boxing to be just boxing.
Just like, i think it should be, but yeah man, it’s uh.
It was great uh, so it just turned.
Apparently it just turned christmas day over there in the uk right now, because they are ahead of us.
So i guess i guess santa’s already slid down your chimney.
A girl cheers brother merry christmas.
Yes, uh, there’s not really much going on in the world of boxing uh, except for that uh couple of cards where people don’t really care about christmas, where they’re, just gon na put it on and fight for us.
So that’s wonderful, uh! Anything else! You can.
You can really think of from from last year.
The only other comment i had about 2021 and it comes in the heels of the wilderness, and that is uh too many old old boxers taking another fight at the chance of uh damaging their health.
For yet another payday yeah, you know i mean deontay wilder got damaged yeah and although he may not want to admit it, but you know you take a look at any other sport that has concussion protocol as part of its package deal for these athletes and they Would not let him back in the ring that was the case um, so you know boxing still has some issues to address, with respect to making sure that the health and safety of their fighters is their first priority right.
It’S it’s not right now, because there’s too many older fighters saying uh yeah, i can take one more fight and [ Music ], not really just because carl’s on the show here, i’ll tell you know and take a look at.
I think jake paul is only 24 years old he’s bringing in old new crop fighters yeah.
He is, he is he’s all new he’s bringing a whole new crop of youtubers turn fighters turn whatever, but you know what they’re just it’s! It’S entertainment! That’S what they’re doing man i’m not arguing that i’m just simply saying you’re starting to see now an awful lot of competition in the lower ranks yeah, it might have been there, but on a global level, now yeah i mean we’ve tried to see how pro bellum Is assigning strategic partnerships around the world with all these different boxing clubs uh, you know and truly making it a global score.
Um, you know.
That’S i i think that’s important too um.
You know.
So, let’s see, what’s the other one too, oh yeah yeah, the other one is uh.
Boxer they’ve been signing boxers left right center.
Oh my gosh yeah they’ve uh they’ve, definitely added to their stable uh.
They they just keep.
They just keep clipping people up.
Um.
You know it was interesting.
It was interesting to see uh bob darum’s comments about uh, terence crawford, though how bob aaron was saying.
Oh, i i haven’t paid anybody on that and you’re sitting there, because everyone like just to talk about pay-per-view numbers and how much in terms of cash dollars is generated by you, but yes, um also also um.
What else is there that we have to? We have to mention would be the uh, oh would be, would definitely be our to work with jake paul on serrano versus taylor.
Fight, yes, uh! That’S that’s another big thing! Um! You know what jake paul signed.
Amanda serrano he’s doing her easter justice man as her promoter he’s trying to get her the fights that she wants.
Uh shout out to that man.
I definitely hope that uh 2022 is here.
We get to see sereno versus taylor uh.
We were unable to see it.
This year this year, honestly 2022 is one of these years, where i hope we get to see the fights that we’ve been waiting for uh.
You know like, let’s step it up: let’s, let’s get it going in the boxing world.
You know the women are showing that they have no problems.
Uh, you know fighting whoever the hell they want.
Whenever that all they want to see.
Serrano katie taylor go go that w good fight, uh and so i’ll, give the tip the cap once again to jake paul for signing real boxers and giving the real deals real money, so they can eat.
I mean when we have tim witherspoon on the show.
He’Ll tell you how broke a lot of these fighters really are and how they’re living from hand to mouth yeah so definitely uh taylor versus crawford on my wish list.
Yeah man uh.
I can see that one uh definitely definitely taylor versus crawford on a wish list.
For next year is taylor back.
Is he out of the hospital? No, i i don’t know i haven’t.
I haven’t been uh, paying close attention, but too many too many.
I got too many up and comers that i got ta watch right now.
We give jake paul grief, however, he is earning surrender, her biggest paydays, exactly uh.
You know what man good for him for that uh.
That’S the only part of the you know what that’s the only respect i i he gets for me.
Man is the fact that he’s actually given given these proper.
You know these proper paydays to these fighters.
Uh, you know congrats to that uh.
Hopefully, 2020 2022 is the year, though.
Hopefully it is the year that we get to see us ask get knocked out, though, who, who in the boxing world, does not want to see that christ? I mean if he actually steps up and accepts the fight with the boxer other than tommy fury.
Oh gosh, like you know what he’s he he called he’s called out: nate diaz.
What is it, although nate, diaz and nick diaz is actually a pretty a pretty highly decorated boxer uh boxing coach mark delagrante from the ufc um yeah man, uh, he’s called them out and if, if jake paul is just gon na fight fighters and and non-boxers who You know just go out, get their boxing license to fight him.
Um yeah, nate diaz definitely has a great chance of knocking him out, but he’s skinny.
So you know, maybe we got ta get his brother nick in there to do it.
But uh one thing is, is i hope i hope i hope this one happens.
Uh james wilson, the beast.
We talked about him way back when we first started when we first started knuckle up.
I talked about him as a prospect in australia.
X footballer turned pro uh, you know, taking a taking weekly fights to get get get them under the way you know under his belt and uh.
He has he’s opened up and said that uh yeah he’s ready to take on jake, paul and uh.
You know he’s he’s, got a bit of tutelage here for mike tyson, since people are calling him, you know the next mike tyson uh he does hit like he does flow like him.
He does throw like him and now yeah he’s training really hard man and he says that he’s ready, he’s ready to take on jake paul and he’s ready to do the world the favor of knocking his ass out so uh.
Hopefully, hopefully we get to see that, but let’s be real man, jake paulie, taking no fights that he’s that he’s losing right right, mind you, that was a good knockout yeah.
It was yellow that man’s feet were folded flat, like his feet were duck like duck bills, lights out, see you later yeah, then yo and literally honestly.
What inexperience that was man like you know he throws that overhand right and he just like moved in and he was like here you go here.
We go here, you go yeah, it is good.
Oh man, um, i don’t know.
Is there much more to talk about yeah, it’s christmas man.
It’S christmas! We got ta get christmas underway santa’s coming he’s on he’s on his way, he’s probably he’s probably having a drink over at carl’s right now.
Don’T get him too drunk carl! Don’T get him too drunk, he needs to travel the rest of the world.
I know it’s already christmas day where you are, but our kids still got ta get our gifts over here.
Well, thanks very much mike.
I appreciate everything.
You’Ve done this past year.
Yes, thank you.
Thank you for the opportunity to jump on and join this wonderful, uh, wonderful, wonderful movement, we’re gon na call it the movement of talk and fight.
Yeah man.
It’S been a big year.
I can’t wait till our.
I can’t wait till our end of the year celebration.
Uh, our our last actual episode of the year is gon na, be great uh it’ll, be fun uh, shout out to all the fans who who definitely came and supported us and and joined us on our wonderful journey.
Thank you.
Merry christmas to all you guys out there uh yeah, i guess we’re gon na sign off, so to tell all the talking fight fans.
We want to wish you a merry christmas from the bottom of our hearts here at the talking fight family.
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Uh we’ll see you next week same time same channel new topics right now, thanks mike see you carl later carl
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