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Around the world, thanks for joining us once again here on talk and fight.
Another episode of the Friday night panel featuring myself, grumpy, Graham and traveling, Mike Orr, all right.
We’Ve just got uh three cards really to deal with tonight and I don’t think any major issues except the one that just popped up, that we just discussed uh but uh.
What do you want to talk about? First there? Mike honestly, I want to talk about the uh, the Lopez card.
First Lopez, Conlin, yep uh.
You know, Lewis uh Lewis, Alberto Lopez yeah.
They have to start calling himself.
The road warrior Lopez will make his first defense of his ibf featherweight World title against Michael Mick conlon on Saturday May 27th uh this one’s at the SSE Arena and Collins hometown of Belfast wow.
When was the last time we saw Colin in the ring that devastating knockout, where he fell out of the ring, is that the one where, where uh lee wood was knocked down, first got up and then knocked him out.
I believe so I believe so.
I’M pretty sure that’s the one yeah, I’m pretty sure so.
Uh Lopez, Colin uh and the undercard belts will stream this one’s live and exclusive on ESPN, Plus in the United States and uh BT Sports will broadcast this one in the UK um.
You know honestly Lopez he’s 27-2, 15 Kos.
You know from Mexico he navigated a bumpy terrain to become the world champion and after early career defeats to uh, Abram, Montoya and Reuben Villa uh stunned, his momentum, you know, Lopez thrilled the American fans with his July 2020 Split Decision victory over Andy vincia inside the Mgm Grand bubble, uh 14 months later he dominated the unbeaten Junior lightweight Prospect, Gabriel Flores Jr over 10 Rounds.
Uh Lopez then moved to the featherweight and stopped another undefeated foe Isaac low in seven rounds at London, zero call and then after two uh stay busy wins.
He receives his shot at a title uh.
Turning an expected Triumph leads homecoming into disappointment, uh for the you know, partisan fan, uh common eighteen and one with 9kos turn pro in 2017.
After a decorated, Irish amateur career that included into Olympic births an Olympic bronze medal and gold medals at the World Championships, European championships Commonwealth Games is double middle finger.
Salute to the judges of the 2016 Rio Olympics turned him into a fighting folk hero and as a pro, he proved himself on the world stage.
Last March, he nearly captured the WBA featherweight Crown from Lee wood in Wood’s, hometown of Nottingham England, Colin and ahead on.
All three score cards was knocked out in the 12th round of ESPN’s fight of the year.
The word disappointment did not linger as Colin came back later that year, with victories over Miguel, uh mariaga and uh Kareem garafi at the SEC Arena.
Five months after knocking out gravity in one round Colin returns to a friendly SEC Arena confines prepared to size up his champ uh Championship woman here so yeah.
This one is going to be great man uh.
You know we got Nick Butler in the undercard here: um Peace O’Leary – both these guys, I profiled – these kids definitely wants to be watching man uh, you know, Paul’s WBC, silver featherweight title is up for grabs.
Uh O’Leary’s WBC International Junior wealth away tunnel is also up for grabs uh your thoughts on any of these fights uh just that I hope uh Colin wins me too me too.
You know he uh that that was a big upset that he suffered man that knockout and you know, uh to bounce back from that good things uh.
You know, unlike the uh, the bounce back, that we had with the knockout of the week, man wow.
Oh, there was no bouncing back from that one, but yeah.
Then we’re going to talk about woods and Laura.
We were talking about it.
Uh yeah discuss: let’s discuss this one so, as you know it in a nutshell, Mauricio Laura has come in overweight and therefore he’s been stripped of his WBA Crown.
So that’s why I, despite all the odds, hope that the wood can beat him nonetheless uh, because he is heavier, that’s it.
I suppose that zip would chooses to fight him, I’m sure he will uh but anyway, if wood then beats Lara it’ll be interesting to see.
If wood can then get another rematch against Conlin yeah, so from a fight from a fight fan perspective um, I’m hoping that the the Lara wood fight goes forward uh and I and I hope that wood wins.
But I don’t know it’s gon na, be it’s gon na, be that’s it.
That’S a tough one to call when when I like, I don’t know why Lara first of all, I don’t understand why he’s not allowed to lose the weight and uh? Secondly, I I don’t know, is he just? Was he just giving up? Oh you know what honestly like he he’s 26-2-1 19 kgos.
He captured that WBA title, but knock it outward uh.
You know down in the seventh round with that stunning left hook at the motor point of Arena and Nottingham.
You know, former world champion Rose to his feet, but then Ben Davis since they’re in that towel to save him.
You know, I think he would take this.
A little more serious uh to come in overweight, uh in a rematch, you know, was he not taking him serious? Was he? Was he thinking that the outcome is going to be the same? You know lethal who was ahead on all three scorecards at the time of that stoppage.
You know, gets an immediate shot of redemption against him and one of the most feared punches in the world and at the top of the stock card features.
You know the former title Challenger Jack Adderall, which is going to be great too as well right, that’s right! So you know, if we’re not going to get, if we’re not going to get the show that we were hoping for at least Jack hadarall can pick up the uh, the slack you know, making his bathroom debut against Dara, fully who’s 22 4-1 with 10kos and then Uh, Danny ball, taking on Anthony Tomlinson uh.
This is a good one.
Now, let’s hear the vacant English Welter title.
So you know I’m not really worried uh.
If, if this one, you know like it’s, It’s upsetting these guys are paid.
You know what I mean they’re paid to come in and and show up and do what they need to do to come in.
Overweight is just unacceptable.
You know you can’t you can’t really say anything about that.
It’S just it’s! It’S an unreceptable thing, not not at the prices, they’re paying uh for tickets and pay-per-view uh is Josh Warrington in that same division Joshua.
I believe so.
Yes yeah.
I don’t.
I can’t remember if the other Josh Josh Taylor moved up and wait, but I think he’s going up against tiffumo Lopez next month anyway.
So there’s a there might be some rationale for Mauricio Lara moving up in weight, I’m not sure uh, but I for one is a boxing fan would like to have seen that fight go down because I would like to have seen Colin Nguyen Lee would win.
I would love to have seen that uh rematch.
Yes, definitely wow man that fight every time I think about it.
Then it puts a smile on my face like what a right, what a grueling contest, what a way to shake some ass man yeah.
No, no! So so it’s it’s great, though I mean having a on a complete sidebar here, having a fight down in Dublin one week and then having a fight in Belfast next week.
Uh, the Irish must be loving it quite frankly.
Oh they are.
My cousin was telling me all about it.
You just messaged me yeah, he’s telling me I’m missing all the good fights and when I need to get my ass over there um.
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You know what it’s about! Okay, back to fights! That’S where we’re at um, honestly, the big one.
I think I’m I’m interested for has to be the uh, a colleague billion Smith card yeah, that’s gon na be a good one.
This is gon na, be a good one.
Honestly, I love this kid.
Okay, I’ve been watching this kid for a while.
You know it’s gon na be a great night of boxing instead of go, see, front uh, except for Saturday May 27th, when the cruise rate Rivals Lawrence the sauce okoli 19 and over 14 Kos and Chris, the gentleman billion Smith 17-1, with 12 Gales, will square off In a world championship, title flash, uh, live and exclusively in the UK and Republic of Ireland on Sky Sports.
The biggest boxing event to ever take place on the south coast will be staged in bournemouth’s biggest venue, the Vitality Stadium home to billion Smith’s beloved premier League football team, the AFC Bournemouth.
So you know, press conference was staged at the Historic Landmark Hotel uh in London.
On Tuesday uh to formally announce the event, but with both Fighters then due to attend Vitality Stadium later in the evening to Stage their first Face-Off on the pitch at halftime during the AFC Bournemouth home Clash against rival Brighton uh, you know, okoli has held the WBO World Cruiser Championship since his March 2021 stoppage win over Christoph glowitzki uh.
Since then, he has made three successful, defenses uh, most recently handing New Zealand Championship David light.
The first loss of his professional career in last month’s Manchester encounter uh during his Reign okoli has watched as a band of bona fide cruiserweight contenders has emerged, all of whom are signed to boxer, stable and completely exclusive on sky and worth at Sky Sports.
We’Re in most William Smith and London’s Richard rackapore and Michaela law are all homegrown talents who have their eyes on this ground.
So you know he’s got a he’s, got a long list of guys that are ready to take this thing away from him.
Uh trainer Shane mcguigan several uh several times boxing trainer of the Year.
Among numerous Sports Publications, William Smith has climbed the rank steadily, winning first to Commonwealth Cruiserweight Championship and then the European Cruiserweight Championship to build a solid platform for the world title shot and his army of fans now extends well outside his beloved Bournemouth.
Thanks to all his action fighting style, his classroom Isaac Chamberlain in last July’s uh last year, was held as fight of the year uh Contender at the British boxing Board of control annual Awards.
It became an instinct classic for fight fans across the country, so this one’s going to be great man there’s a lot of great undercard action on here.
Uh, you know, law Chamberlain are also confirmed for this card.
The British Championship LOL defending his title, is what is sure to be uh, thrilling, thrilling Fight, Man uh both those guys.
You know real great, real great volume, punchers real fast.
It’S going to be a wonderful event.
Man to watch um also uh Chris, already install taking on Jay Taylor um this one’s gon na this one.
You know this one’s gon na be good.
I like watching this girl get in the ring too man eggerton is taking on Joe Pigford uh Michael mckinson’s, taken on lieben Morales uh, just a rounded a few on this card, but this one um, this one’s set to be a a good event.
This one, I believe, is starting at 2 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time yeah, because I I think they didn’t they did not want to compete with the other exactly because the other one gets off at 1 pm Eastern Standard Time.
So there’s an hour difference there uh.
You know they’ll both have their prelims, probably on YouTube to watch or but yeah.
Definitely definitely you didn’t want to compete.
The the interesting thing about that uh, the main card there uh is the actual trainers right.
You’Ve actually got Sugar Hill Steward on one side, mcgigen on the other side yeah.
So, and These Guys these guys used to be training Partners too, by the way yeah.
So uh you know it’s as I think one of them said it’s it’s going to be all business.
So oh yeah, oh yeah, it’s gon na be all business.
It’S gon na be great too.
I can’t wait to see it uh.
Then we got uh.
Then we got another card I’ll get that other card man uh Alexi Roca.
Oh yes, I forgot about that.
Yeah yeah this one’s starting 9pm man uh returning to the fight stage as a headliner for the second time of 2023 Alexis electroca, 22-1 14 Kos will defend his Naval Welterweight Title for the third time against Anthony juice, young who’s, 24 and two with eight Kos.
The 12 round, welterweight fight, which was originally scheduled for last January, will take place at Fantasy, Springs, Resort and Casino uh.
This one gets underway at 8pm eastern time.
Uh don’t want to miss this one.
You know uh, it’s just one of those ones.
You know you don’t want to miss it.
It’S boxing it’s great.
I love watching these guys broke up.
I’Ve been watching this kid for a long time.
Uh, you know he’s very exciting in the ring you know hailing from uh Santa Ana California.
You know he comes from a respectable fight family.
You know he’s the younger brother of Ronnie Rios uh, who is the youngest fighter to win a gold medal at the Junior Olympics at 14 years old in 2012 and caught the attention of the boxing world, as he continued on to become a six-time national champion during His amateur career Roca sign with Golden Boy in January of 2016 and made an electrifying professional debut in March 2016.
, knocking out Jordan Rosario at uh, the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.
His only career blemish is a unanimous decision loss uh in October 2021, um against rashidi Ellis, in which he confrontably came back with six consecutive wins broke a lot in the neighbor Welterweight Title.
Any unanimous decision Victory against Argentinian Luis Alberto ver on uh in July of 2022 on the undercard of the rank of seer and Javier Fortuna match, which he successfully defended against Jesus Ricky Perez in October of 2022 and George ashy in January of this year.
So you know and then Anthony juice young represents Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He made his professional debut at 23 uh on October 28, 2021 against Conway Hill um, winning by unanimous decision with only two blemishes on his early career resume.
Uh he’s had a string of wins, including a stunning upset, a former WBO Jr middleweight champ sadeem Ali via third round knockout uh on the main 2019 Alvarez and Jacobs underground in Las Vegas.
Since then, he’s fought vigorously three times the last being the United cecision win over Jose zargoza in October of last year.
So anything else you want to talk about uh, just one quick note, uh completely unrelated to this weekend’s boxing matches uh.
I noticed today that Alexander yusik has finally picked a partner to fight next and that’s going to be, if I’m not mistaken, Daniel Dubois and it’s going to take place in Poland.
Oh really yeah, so that that’s going to be interesting, because they’re they’re still talk of that big Clash taking place in Saudi Arabia in December, where you sick would fight uh, Tyson, Fury and Auntie Joshua would fight Deontay Wilder.
That would be a massive heavyweight brawl, but in the meantime they all have to have tune-up fights.
So I I heard I heard there’s something about Joshua and Tyson Fury uh for the summer, [, Music ].
I also heard that I, I think this is a case of Money Talks though, and at the end of the day, this no matter what’s going to happen seriously, you got ta you.
You have to think that the Saudis are putting their money where their mouths are uh.
They want to be known as the new Las Vegas of the boxing world right.
Even even though really the mecca of boxing is Madison Square Gardens.
If you ask me but uh, I I think you know they want that that four person bout to go forward and they’re going to pay heavily for it and the fighters probably are looking forward to it.
Uh but interesting enough.
Like could you sick beat uh Dubois? That’S the question: I think he has a good possibility.
I think he has a good probability of coming up with a win there.
Definitely well it’s it’s starting to clean up that that cluttered heavyweight division as we you know at this point, you know, don’t worry man don’t worry in the years to come.
There are many heavyweights coming up this ranking list that are just there.
There are – and I think – and I think no, I I remember even talking to Christian von spanak last year about this exact scenario happening where 2023 is going to be this peculiar year, where various Fighters are obviously going to slip down the rankings.
Various Fighters are going to maintain their top five positions, but at the end of the day, it’s that that under uh that swell, if you will of uh new Young fighters in the heavyweight division they’re going to make the difference not this year.
They’Ll continue to fight.
But next year, so so Tyson Fury has confirmed that talks are underway with Anthony Joshua for September, so at Wembley.
So that’s interesting.
Oh also Eddie Herm claims that ESPN won’t be renewing their contract with top rank promoter Bob arum, because their contract is now out and um yeah.
So that’s uh! That’S that’s going to be an interesting one.
Maybe Bob arum can offer us a contract to live stream.
His shows hey sounds good to me.
I’M down to do it.
[ Laughter, ], [, Music ], so you had fun in Niagara Falls.
Last weekend I did.
I did it was great uh.
You know.
Lucas batty came through with a wonderful stoppage.
Uh put that belt around his waist and walked on the champion what a great uh, what a great event uh yeah.
Definitely wonderful, guys check it out on our channel.
The videos are up.
You can see all the fights uh.
Also uh.
You know Josh lupiah came through with another wonderful stoppage as well of his guy uh yeah man.
That was great.
I got bled on during that fight.
I heard yeah yeah.
It was great had to go home wash my hat my face my shirt.
You know it was wonderful, uh yeah shout out to Lee Baxter thanks uh.
Thanks for letting us come media uh, it was a wonderful event.
Uh.
You know.
That’S a Falls Convention Center.
First time uh there for boxing great venue.
Definitely we’ll uh hit it up in the uh in the future, where, where are we heading next for a boxing event tomorrow, tomorrow, I’m heading to budo for the sparring session for uh lee Smith’s all female historical card.
That’S happening June, 6th good, I’m going to the training I’m going to the open sparring session, where I will be talking to the 60 competitors that have been confirmed that will be showing up uh.
We will be watching their open workout and their sparring uh we’ll be getting some footage of that, and then I will be trying to interview as many of these lovely females that we can.
We can talk to and uh find out their thoughts on this historical event and being part of it.
So if I’m not mistaken, Lee is putting together, not lead backs or Lee Smith is putting together a tournament yeah.
It’S an Invitational uh taking place in June uh.
I know I’m going to be away that weekend, so I can’t go sadly um, but this this is going to be great.
I mean, as far as I can tell women are coming from across the continent across yeah we have there’s.
They have confirmed women coming from all over Canada and coming up from the United States as well.
Right, like boxing USA, is supporting this big time.
Uh Mike Michael Campbell, who was actually on Brook theater, show um no mercy.
Uh confirmed that he actually is in he’s been working with Lee Smith know who she is and uh is, has been supporting this tournament.
Uh he’s the head of uh Team, USA, boxing and uh he’s actually putting on a historical event uh in Texas.
That Brook has now been invited to go to as a as a commentator, slash influencer uh.
Hopefully she takes that invite and goes like.
So that’s going to be a historical event for professional women’s boxing this year as well.
So yeah lots of things going on in women’s boxing.
There is there is, and it’s as is kind of neat that you and I have sat here for two two and a half years or so and watch this happen before our very eyes, where we now have an all female tournament, professional tournament and happening in Canada.
Yeah, so so you know I would love to to while you’re down there see if you can get some comments from some of these trainers or gym owners uh from Canada who had to uh to survive the Hayashi Reign of Terror.
Yes, the Hayashi reign of terror that destroyed Ontario boxing, but as as we’re not as we are noticing right now.
It is coming back in a big way and we keep telling Carl this and all his British supporters.
Quite frankly, uh you know whether it’s women or men we’ve got Champs on both sides of the fence and oh, take take a better BF.
He just he just announced nine.
I know he’s Russian born, but he’s he’s now.
Colin Quebec is home.
Forget he, but he just announced a fight, so that’s taking place in Quebec and it’s going to be fantastic uh.
You know to see that happen.
Finally, I mean boxers are coming to Canada because they recognize there’s a huge boxing Market here.
I think we have a comment.
Let me just read this comment.
What would you say is more on the rise, male or female boxing as mailboxing has a lot of new people coming in, but women are starting to get recognized in the boxing world and starting to make a profit.
Are they ever starting to make a profit yeah? They are they’re funding together, they’re, finally, getting recognition for all the time and effort and struggles that they’ve they’ve gone through and put into this sport.
Like you know, they’ve had the end of the stick for a very long time.
Uh, like I said, we’re approaching we’re approaching the time now that it’s no longer console considered women’s boxing.
It’S boxing right, there’s a boxing match going on.
Yes, there’s a boxing match going on.
It’S not! Oh there’s a women’s match.
It’S right! Hey Taylor Serrano boxing match we’re finally taking the woman out of it.
The the the one comment I would have with respect to Evan’s comment comment here is the shenanigans that are still going on on the male side of it, for example, that okay, the Mauricio Laria Lara weight issue, that’s one right, but the the clomifoam drug issue.
Okay, what the heck? You would think that the men would would recognizing in terms of the cycle of sports we’ve gone from, say.
The Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier kind of 70s kind of clashes are amazing, uh to the WWF, slash WWE and Vince McMahon and his entertainment uh sport.
If you will to the UFC and MMA uh, you know, but people getting tired of seeing men roll around all slicked up in oil and anyway.
So I think boxing traditional boxing is coming back and to have women at this compete at this level is great for boxing, and what what Mike and I are noticing is it’s happening around the world, whether you’re talking about uh, you know a former Eastern Bloc country In Europe, where you’re talking about Nigeria or Ghana and the hatred that exists between quite frankly, those two groups of Fighters, even though Ghana is about as small as Canada is compared to America, uh or whether you’re talking about Australia, New Zealand, even uh.
Oh, I I’ve been mentioning my new show: the crop of Fighters coming up from Vietnam from Thailand, let alone China and Japan and Korea, like we hardly ever hear about the fights are taking place in Asia.
But my point is: is both men and women are fighting uh, not just uh, not just men, so in terms of On The Rise, obviously, since 2012 uh, when the women were allowed to compete in boxing in the Olympics, you know, since so, let’s say 2012 – be That Benchmark, but we have female former boxers on talk and fight.
Who can tell you about all the troubles they’ve gone through as professionals to get to this point to see Katie, Taylor and and Amanda surround finally get their due uh to see that you know guys like mccaskill, I mean now now we can actually sit here.
Start naming names, whereas a couple years ago we would maybe have maybe half a dozen quite frankly uh, but now we’ve got uh a very competitive, uh bunch of women to be blunt and probably probably all started by ebony Bridges.
If you ask me, that’s when, when she walked out of that fight, unless she walked into it as a blonde bombshell, yeah, admittedly like that’s what she was one of the worst hematomas I’ve seen in boxing today exactly – and you know what you know her, I her Eye was worse than the juggernauts when he lost his fight a couple of weeks back his eye.
His eye was not as bad as the whole Bridge’s eye in that Shannon Courtney fight.
That was the nastiest thing I’ve ever seen.
I don’t even know how she could see out of it.
I don’t know how they let it continue, but that girl is tough as Nails.
I don’t give a what you say, or anybody says that girl can fight and she can take a punch, and you know what that fight did start an upward, an upward momentum for female boxing to show that they’re, not just pretty girls dressed in these little skirts.
Going out there and banging it out, no they’re showing that they’re true Warriors in there they’re whooping, ass and they’re, taking names and they’re.
Just climbing these.
You know climate, climbing these ranks man and it’s crazy.
So so how are we going to enjoy your show tomorrow? Are you going to go live streaming, these interviews that you’re doing I was thinking.
Maybe I would just record it all and we put it all together in some sort of like little series, maybe drop up some shorts here and there um yeah.
You know what I’ll I’ll definitely drop some shorts um.
You know on our on our social media and stuff of uh of the Spartan, because you know Spartan gets heated just like uh just like fights, and these girls are going to be sparring, the people that they will be fighting against.
So you know people will revering in their a game and definitely we will be there to see it.
Uh apparently I’ve told there are going to be some awards that are going to be given out as well.
So we definitely catch that award ceremony.
Part uh we’ll probably live stream, that the the award ceremony and see you know just uh.
You know put it out there, because this is a big event.
We’Re going to be part of it.
I can’t wait, I’m glad to be part of it actually and glad to be grabbing all the footage.
That’S uh.
You know gon na be seen around the world.
What you might want to do, just a thought live on the air.
Uh do an interview with Lee Smith live and ask her about the kanhai Ashi Reign of Terror.
Go live on air and uh live stream it to the world, because not many people realize what that guy did to boxing in Canada.
Specifically here in Ontario – and you know taking us out of the picture um, you know, but it’s like Mike and I have just said it’s rebounding in a very big way and to have Friday Night Fights at Maple Leaf Gardens, Maple Leaf Gardens.
I know people like George chevalo and and – and you know, Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali fought there.
Yes, I’m saying like we used to be the Mecca for Canadian Boxing and Ken Hayashi destroyed that and allowed Montreal to take that away from us yeah.
So I’m looking forward to seeing your uh reports tomorrow, uh, I hope you’ll do some shorts just to let the fans know where you’re at what you’re doing.
Why you’re there and again, to give those women the support they they truly deserve, not that they need it.
They deserve it yeah exactly exactly, and it’s going to be great you’re gon na have a lot of fun too.
Oh I’m gon na have a ton of fun.
Are you? Are you taking young Evan? Yes, I’m taking the new cameraman the gimbalize Devin, the gimbalized wonderful, shot, getting wonderful shot, getting Evan uh he’s really good with the camera.
He’S really got that gimbal down down hard uh he’s got the reach to get it in the ring further than I can.
So you know his shots, look a little better, sometimes, but yeah.
Definitely we’re gon na get some great footage tomorrow, uh some great interviews.
Oh, he says he’ll be there.
So so there we go.
I’M expecting I’m expecting to see great things.
I know uh, our technical staff have done a great job of allowing uh young Evan to incorporate all of his great footage automatically.
So, and I don’t really know how this all works – I’m Not The Tech Guy but but the the report I just read just while you’re doing the BET stamp thing uh.
The report I just read was uh.
I might be on our talk and fight site right now, uh when Evan shot an entire card and all those fights are now matched up, they’re named and tagged and it looks great um.
So I’m really happy with what Evan’s doing and uh – and I hope you guys got some great interviews tomorrow and some great sparring footage uh.
Let’S see some blood definitely definitely definitely it’ll be great.
Well, that’s all the boxing we got to talk about so yeah.
I guess that’s, I guess.
That’S it for tonight sounds good to me sounds like another great show by both of us, hey, yeah and uh, our friends down in Philadelphia.
I know Tim Witherspoon’s on the road right now um.
I don’t know where Jay ended up this weekend, he’s probably still in Florida um but uh, but uh, our friends in Philadelphia who have asked us uh to share our content with them, and that is going to start to happen potentially as early as next week.
Excellent.
So talk and fight will be reaching roughly speaking, 60 million households uh through the Raku network, but also will be incorporated into um, what’s called lineal TVs, so huge screens, and instead of having to search for boxing you’ll just it’ll be one of those applications.
It’S on the bottom of the screen, so you scroll through click, boink and we’ll be part of it, we’ll be part of it.
One of the good things that the boxing channel uh will have.
I don’t know: what’s going to be branded as at the moment, but one of the things he’s done: uh he’s licensed um a bunch of really classic fights and documentaries, and I don’t know if you’re a fan of history or not, but Ken Burns has done a Great job of documenting the American Civil War and he’s also done a bunch of documentaries on famous boxers um, including some that we’ve mentioned in the past, especially Lou Eisen, so um.
You know we fit right in with the program and all of our content is well well welcomed by by Alex’s crew down in Philadelphia, and I can hardly wait to to get that stuff on on TVs, uh legitimately and like bring boxing back into the four.
You know legitimate Sport, AS is golf, as is tennis, as is football as a soccer game.
Whatever I, I don’t know how boxing lost its space, but it’s coming back.
Yes, it is yes, it is we and we are part of it.
Yes, we are yes, we are here.
We come to Zone we’re coming for you yeah right for real.
Let’S do it we’re coming after you all right Mike enjoy your ride home and all right.
I’M really looking forward to the footage tomorrow, excellent, say hi to Evan.
For me, make sure he’s uh a good boy and uses that gimbal.
Oh, I will I’ll make sure he’s on.
Don’T worry, he’ll get that fight footage, all right, cool yep, all right, talking fight fans, thanks for tuning in to today’s episode of the Friday night panel with grumpy, Graham and yours, truly Mike Orr from Knuckle Up, do what we do best man reporting on box and We’Ll see you next week same time same channel new topics; peace, awesome thanks Mike
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