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[, Music, ], hello, boston fans around the world thanks for joining us once again here on good friday for another episode of the friday night panel featuring my car myself and i was joined by cedric bend around the world one of those days guys, one of those Days that certainly is one of those days there we go.
I think it’s just like you like to hear yourself talk, isn’t it i.
I want to make sure i’m talking [ Laughter, ] yeah, if you sat here in silence and not just my lips moving all right.
So you know japanese movie right on here.
We go okay, okay, everything’s, set on my end, uh, well mike how you doing you’re gon na rip.
Through these sunday fights coming yeah.
We got a couple of big ones: one uh north america, one over in the uk, so which one you start with uh.
I’M definitely going to start with the connor ben uh uh fight card man, uh, i’m looking forward to this one ben versus van hender, uh herdin uh, starting at 2pm guys tomorrow, uh connor ben will defend his wba continental welter title against south africa’s chris van herden.
At the ao arena manchester uh yeah the destroyer he’s 20-0, with 13 kos secured a stunning knockout over the former world champion uh chris algieri uh last time out in december, taking out the america with a brutal right hand in the fourth round of their top off The bill clash at the m and s bank arena in liverpool uh this 20.
You know the 25 year old contender from essex holds up the top 10 rankings with the wba, the wbo and the ibf after notching three wins during a breakout 2021, and the british star believes that 2022 will be an even bigger year for him as he works Towards the world title shot, then we got the heat man born in johannesburg.
South africa previously held the ibo welterweight world title from 2011 to 2013 after beating mabusa and uh sebastian, andreas legend and matthew hatton during his title reign uh now residing in santa monica california uh the 34 year old southpaw is eager to test himself against one of The fastest rising welterweights in the world of boxing and should provide valuable rounds having only been stopped once by earl spence in 32 fights i’m looking forward to this fight.
Graham uh, you know connor ben, you know he is.
He is one of these guys.
You know up-and-comer he’s got some shoes to fill.
You know uh, that being you know the son of a legend um.
You know a lot of pressure for him to perform and continue to perform on such a high level, but um.
You know, i think, i think he needs to be tested um, i know he’s rushing and he wants to uh.
You know he really wants to climb fast and uh.
You know he needs to.
He needs to slow down a bit man and then honestly, you need to you, need to calm down and and and ease into getting into this better competition, but uh this fight’s gon na be a good one for him.
Um.
Do you think? Do you think that uh, as some of the critics had suggested that it’s conor ben cherry picking his opponent uh avoiding some of the other fighters in this division? I mean who is chris vanier, then he’s he’s relatively older, he’s a bit taller than ben, but it doesn’t seem like he has the power he hasn’t fought in over two years.
So yeah like his last outing, was december 19th against jaren, ennis and uh yeah.
You know no contest man uh, you know it was for the vacant international boxing organization, world welter title uh van here – didn’t suffered.
A cut from an accidental headbutt fight was done right, uh.
He hasn’t been in the ring since then and uh.
Honestly.
It was like a year before that uh, where he fought again, which was against uh, alzheimer’s and uh.
You know it was another cut bridge to the nose round three cut left eye round.
Five, both from legal punches van here, didn’t cut above left eye round.
One cut around cut right eye round five, both from accidental headbutts.
I don’t know it seems like uh.
It seems like a pattern.
You know uh van here didn’t he’s 28 two and one with 12 kos um.
You know inactive man, southpaw he’s five nine.
Seventy two inch reach.
He is managed by peter khan and uh.
You know we’ll just we’re gon na see we’re gon na see.
What’S gon na happen, connor ben though um you know he’s looking to make a statement man he uh he wants out from under that shadow of you know his father and uh he’s looking to make a statement in the in the world of boxing for himself.
I’M super excited to see him out.
You know he’s been really impressive in his last uh, his last few outings uh, you know algieri.
That was a big one, um and uh before that.
I believe it was uh the canadian right or no um granadas.
Oh there you go sorry but uh.
He john samuel, vargas right, which was another big win for him, and that was a tko in the first round.
I just want to mention that uh.
If there is anything in van gaan’s, favor is the fact that his father was brutally murdered three years ago, and so, if he has something to prove in the ring, it’d be not just to himself but on behalf of his dad.
So he’s got something at stake.
As well, because he’s been pointing that out in the press an awful lot uh, you know that he’s not just in there because he is being uh cherry-picked.
If you will, you know um, i i’m curious.
What are your thoughts mike? I mean at the end of the day – let’s, let’s just say: conor ben wins, let’s just say: yeah um, who, who who’d you put him up against keith thurman who’s who’s out there now um, uh, honestly uh it’ll, be a little hard to say.
Where he’s gon na go next, it’s it’s all gon na be uh.
We know we know it’s, not david avignazian right.
No! No! It’S not evanesian! That’S for sure, because uh ben tells him to stop calling me out uh.
You know it’s! It’S pretty funny! Man uh! You know it’s interesting, connor ben says he’s not interested in fighting david avenissian or florian marcu.
I thought that florian marcu would have been a good match-up for uh, conor ben.
Definitely um, honestly he’s we, we profiled uh foreign marcu, fleury marcu.
You know he had a great weekend uh this past weekend when he fought i’d like to see that man, to be honest but uh, it looks like ben, has no interest in fighting uh either of those guys, which is a little upsetting if uh.
If i, if i must say you know, he’s so eager to make make such a name for himself, you know why why you shy away from the fights man why duck and dodge people? If there’s people that want to fight you just get in that ring and do it man, that’s that’s what i believe who else is on that card? Oh, so, not only do we have that great fight, that’s going to be awesome, man, it’s a huge undercard uh.
We got cruiserweight champion chris billum smith, who’s 14 and one with 10 kos in a rematch against belfast former champion tommy mccarthy, who’s 18-3, with nine ko’s following their epic back and forth battle at the matchroom headquarters.
Last summer uh the gentleman was stood a late fight back from mccarthy, as he edged out a narrow split points, decision to add to his commonwealth title before defending his ebu crown with points win over uh dylan bergeon in sheffield uh manchester super featherweight without contender, uh Zelfa barrett who’s 27 and one with 16 kos looks to build on his impressive ibf world title eliminator win over bruno uh, termel uh on the parker versus chizora 2 undercard.
When he challenges european champion uh kurbanov, who is 193-3 former opponent of joe cardena.
You know it’s uh, this card’s, pretty big man uh.
We also have hard-hitting, cruiserweight talent, uh, jordan, thompson uh.
You know he’s 12-0 with 10 ko’s man he’s and he scored two big first round knockouts since putting pen to paper on the promotional deal with eddie hearn.
Last june and the 28 year old, former manchester uh uh from manchester will be out to impress his home fans again as he works towards his first title: shot in 2022.
um also campbell hatton, um love this game man, six.
You know two kos quickly returns to action after earning the best win of his career over joe ducker last month, uh little leverage, jack cullen, 20 and three and one with nine kos aims to bounce back from his stoppage loss to kevin uh sanjo in december um.
Honestly, it’s great card great card, definitely one to be watching.
I’M super excited uh.
There’S lots of lot lots of lots of action here and we got alicia baumgardner back in action.
Oh cool, definitely like seeing this girl man um this one’s for the wbc world.
Female super feather title and the ibo world female super feather title and uh she’s, taking on edith, uh, mathis, mathesy and uh yeah man, these women, you know what they do.
Gram they’re, definitely definitely stealing the show from time to time and uh.
You know what i think it’s gon na, be it’s gon na be great man.
I can’t wait to see uh bob gardner back in action um.
You know she.
She was pretty impressive, her last outing yeah.
Absolutely absolutely.
We got that carl carl german in here uh from the uk.
Oh he doesn’t.
He doesn’t like the condo that i’m at it’s fake by the way, um yeah man, honestly uh guys if you get the chance man tomorrow.
I know it is easter weekend check out this.
You got ta check this card out man, it’s uh.
They got some great great great fights, man that are coming out man.
We got some young guys here.
You know the jordan thompsons, you know thomas whitaker, heart campbell hatton, these guys, luke evans.
You know all undefeated looking to you know, improve and keep that record undefeated.
But you know what it is man, it’s it’s going to be a weekend of fights.
I know everybody’s going to be busy, but definitely you’ve got to check this card out.
Man, connor ben van hoorden.
You know undercard, william smith, mccarthy.
We got bomb gardner on there.
You know putting up those titles.
You know you couldn’t ask for you, couldn’t ask for a better card to be honest for this weekend, uh with it being easter, but it’s not the only card.
It’S not the only card who are you looking forward to seeing and who are you looking forward to seeing on that? Are you looking that bomb garden? You want to see bob gardner back out in action again yeah.
I do like the women uh.
I’Ve mentioned it before i’ve mentioned it again, uh they do provide that element of excitement every single time they step into the ring, because you never know what is gon na happen.
Well, i can’t say that about any boxing match, quite frankly, but uh i do enjoy watching the women just beat themselves up, it’s fantastic stuff.
Oh definitely – and you know, uh bob berner’s coming off for uh, her win against terry harper for the wwe and the ipo female super feather title, and you know last fight that was tko in the fourth.
You know scheduled for ten rounds what a great uh, what a great performance by bon vernon man and uh, definitely should be one to watch and um.
You know it should be an exciting event, but that’s not the only uh, not the only event that uh we have to look forward to this weekend.
Man uh! No, no! No! No! Sorry, just gon na say it because yeah we’re talking about if conor band wins uh, you know and if errol spend with errol spence junior wins.
Those two might go ahead because i was mentioning uh earlier.
Who do you think that he might go up against? You know keith thurman, i don’t know, i don’t know if uh crawford’s got himself the right management team.
Yet if you’ve got any magic team they can even they can even set them up for a fight, as you say earlier, other than talk and fight uh.
But you know so anyways, let’s bounce across the pond, and let’s talk about errol spence and uh yugos yeah guys so saturday, man um, you know after you’re finished watching that 2 p.
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Event, definitely showtime pay-per-view fight, tv 9 p.
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It starts you know that wbc and ibf world champion earl, the true spence, junior and wa world champion.
You guys will square off in this welterweight title unification clash that headlines the showtime pay-per-view guys.
I’M super excited for this spence versus you, guys is just the 12th unification in this rich history of welterweight division, joining other classic matchups like sugar, ray leonard uh, tommy, hearns and floyd mayweather, manny pacquiao, and on the top pound-for-pound fighter, one of the top pound-for-pound fighters.
In the sport, spence looks to add a third welterweight championship belt to his resume.
Well, when he fights man and it’s gon na be great, i’m totally looking forward to this fight.
I think it’s going to be big.
You know spence being 27-01 kos.
You know returns to the ring after he was forced to pull out of the summer showdown against pacquiao, due to an eye injury that he uh since recovered.
From you know, 30 or 31 year old was launched into stardom when he first captured a welterweight crown by traveling to the uk to stop cal brook in front of brooks homestown fans in 2017.
um.
You know what what can you say? Man, earl spence? Definitely one of those great fighters um.
He never ceases to amaze me every time he’s out there.
I do like watching this guy, but you know you have you guess and he’s established himself as an elite welterweight, since returning from a layoff in 2016 and elevating himself to world champion to a world champion in january of last year, after winning the wba belt.
By defending or defeating abel ramos in september of 2020.
uh, he solidified his world championship status last august when he stepped in for an injured spence to defeat pacquiao by unanimous decision uh.
You know hailing from san diego cuba now living in miami florida.
You guys was on an eight fight winning streak before losing a narrow, split decision to sean porter in the first world, title fight in march of 2019 having been edged out on the scorecards.
After what appeared to be a 12th round, knockdown in his favor uh was ruled a split by the referee, the olympics, prime melodious trains in las vegas, with renowned coach, uh, ismael, salas and uh owns victories over the undefeated fighters jamal james uh omar figure, junior uh.
We got perella plus veteran contenders, thomas uh, delamar and ray robinson um.
It’S gon na be a great fight man and it’s got a great undercard as well uh.
We got rad zahab, bootayev uh, i’ve.
You know he’s up he’s up on this here on the undercard.
For the wba world walter title against uh stan in us um.
I like this guy this kid: would you have 14-0 looking to stay undefeated and and i’m happy to announce man that one of our canadian brethren cody crowley, the crippler is up nice, another welterweight belt and he’s looking to improve to 21-0 against josito lopez.
Who is 38-8-0 right now uh this one? This is a big one.
Man also isaac cruz is on this card as well a big fan of this kid man, the pit bull uh.
You know last fight out.
He lost against javonte davis uh, but he went the distance.
You know uh this kid he’s got no off switch man.
He is literally coming forward all the time, never never stop! And man he’s like the energizer bunny.
I love watching this kid fight.
Man he’s just got a a gas tank that can’t empty uh.
You know he’s always pushing forward he’s he’s pressing the whole fight man, the stamina, that this kid has and honestly he’s got the power to put people out uh.
You know – and i love watching this kid when he’s in action, so definitely this undercurrent is starting to uh starting to uh.
You know gear up to be a really nice one.
You know cody crowley, isaac, cruz and then also uh.
There’S another title up for grabs.
Uh, another guy that i profiled man jose valenzuela uh vacant, wbc continental america’s light title against francisco vargas uh.
This one’s not gon na, be another good fight man, i’m i’m hoping that my man jose valenzuela this prospect.
I’Ve been watching for a while is gon na.
Come through and stay undefeated and uh, you know put this belt around his waist man tomorrow and you can’t forget that brandon lee and the uh zachary okoa is on this card.
Uh brandon lee i’ve profiled this kid man, 24-0 22 knockouts super light division.
He’S 22 years old, 5 10 71 inch reach kids ranked 9 out of 306 in the united states and 23 out of 2018 in the world.
At 22.
, uh he’s coming off a ko victory against juan geraldes herrelda’s, down countless suspended.
That was a chao in the seventh and that was back in december 11th.
2021.
Definitely this kid got to watch out for him um.
You know he’s one of these kids that i’ve been watching for a while.
Maybe not a lot of people know about him, but you will know about him soon.
Man, um brandon lee, look out for this kid on this card.
You know, honestly, this this card is pretty stacked.
This card is pretty packed with a bunch of up-and-comers um.
You know we got f tour of poche 11-1 against adrian taylor, fernand uh, darius, fulgrim um, coming out light heavy watch out for this kid man.
I follow this kid on instagram he’s 1-0 light heavy division, he’s taken on uh, davine, nakhir, uh, who’s, 5-1-0 and honestly.
I’Ve been watching this kid transition into the paid ranks, he’s looking pretty good.
You know coming through on his first victory, which was back in um.
I believe i believe it was uh december just mid-december last year and he fought one emmanuel, neverette uh, you know and it was debut.
It was tko in the first round.
Uh he’s looking, you know, he’s looking to keep his undefeated record and um.
You know.
I can’t wait to see him, maybe maybe maybe show a little bit more of his skills with uh.
You know this fight, maybe maybe he’s going to show a little more because honestly, it was a quick bout, the first one, but definitely a kid to watch man.
Darius fulgrim i’m following this kid on instagram, the kids got great work, ethic, good, speed, great defense and uh tons and tons of power so seeing it smack brother, let’s, let’s put cedric on the hot spot who’s he thinks going to win first.
Let’S, who does he think, he’s going to win between conor and bannon, and the south african van here then says what do you think’s going to win that fight i’m automatically going to go with uh with connor ben, because we share the same last name: yo? Are you going to vegas to bet the house on, i that one about playing the house [ Laughter, ] mentally bit on it all right? So assuming it’s assuming, i think, conor manning is going to pull it out.
Ben hirden he’s not a big name that you hear about i’m competing a lot, but he is a tough competitor, even though i can’t remember if it was terence crawford or earl spence that fought him.
One of them stopped him, but even like you know before the stoppage, it was a good fight before they stop it.
So you know he’s a tough competitor.
He’Ll give he’ll, give he’ll, give conor ben a good uh.
A good test like he’ll, put up a good fight, but i definitely think connor ben is gon na he’s gon na take it.
It was earl spencer stopped him back in 2015.
uh.
It was a tko loss.
Eighth, so then we move across the top.
We move across the pawn and we’ve been talking about errol spence uh, going up against you, dinosaurs uh.
Who do you got in that fight? Oh, he froze there.
I think i think that was a two too hard of a question from the answer.
At the moment that was a frozen solidge earl spence by unanimous there we go.
Is that what you’re saying you think you think you guys can go the distance uh? Yes, i do because you know a lot of people are over, overlooking who got saying he’s? Not you know not really, where they’re being there.
But if you remember just a couple of fights ago, he um he went, he went the distance with sean porter and a lot of people.
Well, i know about a lot of people, but i thought he actually put up a very good fight and could have won that one um he put up a good fight against a couple of good guys, uh, so yeah, i i don’t think uh is as low As people talk about him to be – and i expect him to put up a good fight – he you know he does come from that cuban background he’s not expected to uh.
I know he’s not he’s.
Definitely the underdog, but i think he’s still put he’s.
He still has the boxing skills to uh to to to go 12 rounds with hero suspense.
Well.
Don’T forget, though he also is 35 years old right um, that’s that’s! That’S another thing age might come into factor a little bit there um.
You know earl spence he’s.
I believe he’s a little bit younger, um yeah, yeah, okay, okay, but i believe he is a little bit younger you know and and when you get into those thirties man, each of those uh each of those years, uh adds a little bit of extras and plus You know, there’s there’s a few questions about earl spence.
He just had eye surgery a couple of months ago, yeah um yeah, because remember that that was the whole reason.
Why um? The reason why ugas got that pacquiao fight is because earl spence was supposed to get that fight yeah the back up due to the eye injury right so yeah exactly so so uh yeah man.
You know, i think i think it’ll go 12 rounds yeah.
So so we were looking into our crystal ball then, and we were saying: okay, let’s say: connor ben wins.
Let’S say: uh spence wins who’s who’s he going to go up against is terence crawford going to get a shot.
Is uh keith keith thurman going to get a shot? Who do you think thurman, i think thurman should um should get a shot? I think it’s it’s kind of a personal thing with with girl, spencer, keith thurman, because when earl spence was on the way up, he was trying to get a fight with keith, thurman and keith.
Thurman was brushing him off saying that he was.
You know he hasn’t done anything yet and then uh.
You know he would told him to go win a couple belts.
First, you know, and now now now the rolls are reversed and keith thurman is the one asking for the for the big fight and earl spence is kind of you know putting up his middle finger to him just because he remembers what happened a couple of years Ago so um you know keith thurman or recently.
I i haven’t heard of myself, but i’ve listened to a few podcasts where earl spence.
You know people have quoted earl spencer, saying that he’s going to be fighting another time this year and um.
That terence crawford is the only fight that people want so yeah.
I’M gon na put this out there.
I’M gon na put this out there.
I think next, for i think next for uh for ben it should be uh body crowley who cody crawley man or canadian boy.
You know crowley and the canadian crippler yo connor ben is ranked 12th right now and uh yo cody, probably sitting at a nice number.
10.
147.
yeah buddy’s number 10 ranked pound for pound 147.
Like hey man, let’s uh, let’s, let’s see the canadian, you know he probably looked good in his last outing uh.
You know the kid we’ve we’ve interviewed him.
You know he’s he’s uh friends with us here.
Talking fight, you know, we know his work ethic.
We know he’s dedicated man, you know we know he was like living out of his car to train in vegas after he moved from canada.
You know this guy’s dedicated and um yo.
Honestly, i think he’s slept on man.
I think a lot of people sleep on him because he’s canadian and that’s not right um, don’t don’t count him out of the loop man, this guy’s willing to take a fight anytime anywhere, and you know what honestly, if he’s sitting too above connor ben, let’s make That one happen: let’s see the canadian in there.
You know.
Last time, conor bent canadians been i’m sure, he’s focused on his fight uh who’s.
He fighting tomorrow.
Again, oh yeah, jose lopez yeah.
He was a very good competitor.
Definitely he was in there.
He also see lopez was sitting there with some top guys.
I know he was in there with canelo.
Oh man he’s been in there with thurman he’s been in there with miguel cruz he’s been in there with.
You know yeah yo he’s in there with alvarez victor ortiz uh jesse vargas, like he’s been he’s been with a lot of people.
Man he’s he’s, got some experience in the ring.
You know 38 he’s 38 nate, 21 knockouts.
You know it’s going to be a great fight for cody crawley.
I can’t wait to see him step up.
Man brook will br.
What’S carl saying here: brooke will be next for ben hmm, bro, brooke yeah, maybe uh work to work it’ll be next.
Is that what you’re predicting carl brooke will be next for ben? That’S that would carl my man carl i apologize.
I was supposed to have on the show yesterday.
That would be.
I don’t know man, i i think i mean obviously that the you know i don’t know i just i don’t think they would be taking this fight if, if, if he wasn’t confident in his eye, like i don’t think you know, you know, you’ve been they’ve they’ve Been through the training camp obviously he’s easy.
He has some tough sparring um, you know he they pulled out of the pacquiao fight that would have been the pacquiao fight is bit is a bigger fight than his uga’s fight.
So if he had to pull out of the pacquiao fight of his eye because of his eye, i don’t think you know, i don’t think he you know he wouldn’t he would pull out of this one because of the eyes.
So you know, i think, he’s 100.
I don’t think he’s going there, thinking that he’s wondering what’s going to happen, that’s what sparring is for that’s what sparring is for to test out to test that stuff out.
So if he wasn’t, if he didn’t feel 100, i don’t think he’d be taking a fight.
So i think he’s ready.
Carl, that’s sorry.
I was saying that to to answer carl, who didn’t think uh carl spence.
Has it left right? Yeah, it’s it’s it’s! You know it’s a good fight, um, but yeah.
If brooke fights ben it’ll be at a catchweight, um that’ll be great, but you know what he’s he’s already he’s already turning down guys who want to want to fight him, we’re you know, sitting up uh sitting up the ranks above him man, you know he’s he’s He’S denying that he’s saying yo stop, stop calling me out man, i’m not having any of that.
You know what i mean for ben yo.
That’S a good one! Carl! Never thought of that.
One crowley should jump in with ebenezer.
That would be great man.
That would be a great fight um.
I can’t wait to see you know what man it’s easter.
We get some boxing, it’s gon na, be great man guys make sure you watch it.
2 p.
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We have some big things going on in the boxing world.
Uh definitely a great weekend to watch fights.
I’M super excited someone’s gon na get crucified tomorrow, night, all right, somebody’s getting knocked out, and we featuring it’s sunday so make sure you tune in it just goes to show, though it just goes to show what a great division that says.
We’Ve we’ve mentioned these names.
We’Ve been talking about this division for a full half hour now, so it’s a great division.
It’S huge! It’S huge man.
You know, if you think about it with with with this welter division in this wealthy division.
It’S it’s! It’S stacked.
The walter division is stacked man.
It’S it’s a great division.
You know you got your top, your top 10.
You know crawford you guys, thurman brook garcia, ortiz, ebeneze and ennis bootyev crowley, that’s just top 10 man and then you know castillo clayton ben.
We got ramos, you know, standing as khan jamal james all creeping up, the back there, man so uh we’re gon na get to see some.
We need to see some great action for the rest of the year.
Man is there any other.
I know there are there’s a fight going on tonight.
I can’t remember uh where but there’s a fight going on tonight, but uh.
If i can just switch slides here uh what about? What about this uh andy ruiz announcement going up against uh, tyrone spong, and any did you read anything about that? I haven’t even i’ve, been i’ve been so busy with, with, with the with the new prospects and and and this weekend’s fights man, i haven’t even had a chance to look at that one.
Yet that’s it! It’S interesting because triller’s putting it on okay, so it’s a triller fight.
Okay, so the you know, former former heavyweight dude andy ruiz, going up against an undefeated contender called tyrone spong.
I think he’s 14 14 and up – and it doesn’t matter but he’s been accused of being uh juiced up so uh, there’s a there’s, a whole uh.
You know thing going on here with this next triller fight, uh and just just for fun.
Uh i’ll tell you um, because i was reading it on the news event uh this this morning, uh the fellow who produced.
So you think you can dance and uh american idol he’s the same guy who’s producing this trail in the next show.
So, oh so it’s gon na be it’s gon na, be a [ Laughter, ], maybe 12 rounds of some ballet with a couple of punches.
You know you know at the end of the day, you’re sitting there going uh, andy ruiz uh.
You know he’s over here and you’ve got this com.
Well, okay, i’m gon na! Say it a completely unknown over here, even though he is undefeated and he’s out of suriname uh.
So it’s great that they pick someone out of the blue out of nowhere like as far as i’m concerned, it’s great because because i was complaining just the other day about it’s always either english or mexican or american fighters, or you know the odd filipino.
But now here’s a guy out of suriname going up against andy ruiz.
So should we say hey i’m just saying it should be an interesting fight.
Uh, i don’t know who’s on the undercard, but i do know that triller’s putting in some interesting names together, including the producer of the show anyway, just how to throw that in there while uh, you know, cedric continues to drive along and uh it’d be nice to Get driven around in that limo away, cedric yeah he’s probably going to pull up to the mcdonald’s any moment now.
Yo yo, give me give me a comment too man.
When you roll through the video brother, oh man, yes, yo, colonel just dropped them man.
It’S it’s! A shame that all these guys are avoiding each other man.
It is a shame.
It really does suck man.
These guys even make one out of the woman’s book and just start fighting.
That’S it man, that’s all they got ta do well sorry.
What was that last comment? Hey sorry, it’s a shame that everybody in these divisions, man that they’re all avoiding each other.
You know they should take one out of the woman’s book ben and just get in that ring and smash that out man yeah, that’s you know.
Unfortunately, boxing they say they say that boxing is a business uh uh disguised as a sport, a lot of a lot of times.
The big fights don’t happen again.
You know, i say this all the time.
Sometimes, when the big fights don’t happen, it’s not it’s not because these guys are afraid each other.
You know you, don’t you don’t box for 10 15 years and all of a sudden wake up in the morning and you’re afraid of you know another of your opponent.
It’S it’s! It’S the the the organizations that um that are thinking about the money that are make that they’re making with these champions and if they keep them a champion and a lot of people, don’t know that you know you get paid more.
If you have a belt, so that’s another reason why these guys are trying to hold on to that belt work you know, yeah or the the managements are are trying to make sure that their fighters are holding onto the belt because they you know they get to.
They get a larger percent of that paycheck too, so yeah, yeah and those same body and those same bodies take a big point of that.
A big part of that too.
What i, what i uh, what i tell people is that we shouldn’t be mad at the fighters.
We should get more onto these uh onto the organization, the promoters, the promoters for they’re, the ones that are ultimately the ones that sign the checks and say what’s going on right.
So you know for these promoters for these promoters, it’s risk over reward man.
The reward has been has to definitely uh outweigh that risk.
You know you’re not going to get in there and risk something big for something small.
There’S no point doesn’t make sense with the money making business.
These guys are in it to make money.
Let’S be real man, it’s called prize fighting for real, it’s not handshaked at the end of paychecks.
You know exactly well.
Having said that, i mean there’s some pretty big news this week with respect to mtk global box, rack association of boxing uh commissions, some some heavy uh heavy news with respect to lawsuits with respect to the u.
s treasury department going after uh kinahan, the irish guy.
Now, hiding out in dubai uh, but you know he’s the guy who started uh.
Give me give me: can you give me the the brief summary on on that? I i did read the headline, so this guy was tyson, fury’s old manager and now he’s under investigation.
And what is what is the quick brief summary he’s, the head of the organized crime uh? That unit like well? Okay with the family man, the family, the family? Without a doubt that that doubt is named in many jurisdictions as being wanted for a variety of criminal activities, so there’s no doubt about that, but they did start mtk global.
They have since apparently uh parted ways with mtk global leaving in the hands of professionals.
Uh such as fellas, like we’ve, eaten over the uk, but in in the meantime what happened was there was a fight that happened in dubai about a year ago, and the results of that fight were not accredited uh via the box wreck organization.
Right that that led to a whole series of other complaints and has now led to a lawsuit in total and the lawsuit is very if the allegations in this lawsuit are absolutely incredible.
Uh, there’s everything from uh discrimination uh, as well as the financial losses that the fighters incurred endangerment to the fighters because of uh the false reporting, if you will, or the non-reporting by box rack.
But this is all because, quite frankly, the fellow who is the plaintiff in this case uh he um he used to pretty well put on all the fights in dubai until mtk global came along and kind of took over that space.
So, yes, you can say it’s a bit personal uh, but on the other hand the allegations are incredibly serious because they involve what’s called racketeering or monopoly and the u.
s government.
No, they us government takes us incredibly seriously ever since the muhammad ali act from way back when uh.
This is something that mtk global is going to get in trouble about box trucks getting in trouble.
The association of boxing commissions is going to get in trouble because they are, they are being accused of uh monopoly.
Anti-Anti-Trust legislations put in place in america specifically to stop this from happening uh, and so they they have an awful lot of allegations pending.
That don’t make it look very good for mpk global at all whatsoever and, honestly, it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Uh, wait till this all really unfolds man, it’s it’s just the beginning, once they start digging deeper and and and this really starts uh, you know getting uh getting to the forefront of the media and they started getting.
I think it’s gon na.
I think it’s gon na reveal a lot of things and there’s gon na be a lot of people that are gon na be in trouble.
Is this gon na be open to the public yeah? Definitely there it is the the lost.
The lawsuit is actually a public record, so you can actually go online.
It’S 102 page document.
You can read it from start to finish.
It not only details the allegations, but it details the background to the people involved and their companies that are involved.
It is it’s an incredible read: it’s a book and it’s an incredible read and it’s a fascinating uh backstory to uh what should not be happening in a professional sport such as boxing yeah, like like the mob, owning and running stuff yeah, which it was just ironic Because we were talking about how it’s been cleaned up, the mob is no longer part of it and then all of a sudden, this comes to light and completely throws all those arguments out the door uh.
Yes, there is some.
There is some nefarious activity that is taking place.
I really do feel sorry for the boxers who are involved with mtk global right now, because they’re obviously being tainted actually there’s an mtk fight night going on in.
I believe it’s coventry.
If you take a look, i believe it’s taking place in coventry tonight actually over in the uk, so um.
You know you got to feel sorry for the boxers.
Who are you know, putting everything on the line and getting caught up in in the storm is taking place because of the lawsuit, because the u.
s treasury department, going after the kin, hands or kind of hands uh with very, very, very serious allegations of criminal activity.
Uh behind them, i mean you’re talking the type of stuff that uh you know put away all those gangsters back in the day, yeah not be not because they could be found guilty because of their uh shootings or their robberies, but because of their tax evasion, fraud And in this case, their monopoly, your ability to take the money away from the government’s pocket and all the sanctioning bodies pockets man line in their own and not the fighters and not the organization yeah.
It’S it’s going to be uh like this is going to be interesting to watch it unfold and see how far it actually is is deep.
All right your call, so i’m just curious carol.
If you’re going or not carl, are you going to your call? Are you you got invited? Are you going to watch it if you, if you do go carl get trying to get an interview on the mtk guys get hold elite and grab them by the scrub the neck and find out that all these allegations are true see how long pearl asks at Your call media wrap thrown out of your call, never asking wrong question [ Laughter ].
Oh man, uh.
Well, yeah! That’S that’s all we really got to talk about tonight to be honest, um, it’s uh, it’s easter boxer! Then yeah yeah man, we got uh.
We got some great fights this weekend, guys for everybody watching out there.
Definitely two o’clock: nine o’clock mark the time and dates on the calendar.
That’S tomorrow, ben uh, you know van heerden, spence uh.
We got it, you guys definitely two great cards, yeah, two great cards, uh fantastic fights coming up, the fighting is still continuing despite the shenanigans, but i must say i reported most excellent news today during one of my newscasts, and that is that avril mathy is going Back into the ring this june down down atlanta, so she’s put she’s putting her undefeated record back on the line and we’ll see her in the ring uh this june.
So i’m looking forward to that me too.
Atlanta is only a 20-hour drive away from here.
So uh i might hop into the babbling.
Don’T worry carl give me your address i’ll.
Send you one right right now right on already.
I guess i guess i guess uh cedric is ordering his burgers now at mcdonald’s, and here you go, you better get me that combo too [ Laughter ].
Well, i guess we’ll uh we’ll sign off down.
Graham, we have anything uh.
They want to all the viewers before rob before we get out of here, not because you’re frozen, i’m not disappeared, yeah right! Well, all the taco fight fans, uh thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode of the friday night panel uh.
Yes, thank you for all the love and support carl thanks for all your comments.
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