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EPISODE: Episode 59
Mike and Cedric discuss Nick Ball, 22, at 15-0 is a crowd-pleasing featherweight with destructive intent.
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Transcribed:
Thanks for tuning in to today’s episode of knuckle up featuring mike orr and cedric ben in the den, you know what we’re doing talking prospects queens, mary uh honestly, i think this guy is no longer really a prospect he’s more of a contender man, because you know He’S wearing a strap right now around his waist and we’re talking about nick ball, uh featherweight out of liverpool, 25 years old.
This 5-5 is what they say, but i’ve also heard that he’s only five two, so i’m not too sure we need to really find this out, because i’ve heard that he’s only 5 2 in something in some articles that i read but right now he’s currently 15-0 With eight kos and he’s moved up in rank after his last fight to number six out of 52 in the featherweight division in the uk, 35 out of 1486 in the world, and he is coming off a wonderful tko victory in the sixth round, where he won.
The vacant wbc silver feather title against isaac, lowe.
You guys, might remember this april 23rd.
This one was a good one, isaac lowe.
You know 21 1 and 3 going into this match and a brutal, devastating knockout cedric.
Have you seen it? Yes, i did um.
I definitely did he.
He ducked low, tried to land an overhand right that that missed and then, but he followed through with another looping left hook and that connected right on the chin.
It actually looked like it lifted low off the floor like the way it hit him like he like it like he.
He could tell he shocked his body this this um, this nick balls, little powerball, that should be his nickname, yo the wrecking ball, the wrecking ball yeah.
What a what a brutal knockout, though man uh, he waited.
He waited for low who was tucked in down in the town in the ropes there, man and he waited for him to turn around and just blasted him with this laugh not today, but yes, man, yo, nick ball, love this kid love watching this kid man uh! You know he’s 15-0 he’s a crowd-pleasing featherweight with destructive intent man.
He came from a background of thai boxing uh before switching to boxing he had 25 amateur fights, he won 23 out of those 25 and he did muay thai from the age of seven till about 14, where he literally won every title that you know you could Win at that age in thai boxing, so he decided to give boxing a try uh with his buddy brad strand, who invited him to come and join him at the gym and history.
Man.
That’S it you know he’s he went to kurt uh.
Kirkby abc is an amateur and then he was in you know in school with brad strand, and he said you know, come come down to the gym one day and just give it a try.
You know and nick decided yeah he was so he did it.
Man and uh honestly, i love watching this kid fight.
Man, real that fight with low um.
Did you watch the whole fight or or carl did you see, watch the whole fight was he was uh? Was nick ball, winning the fight up until that point, or was he losing and then pulled out a big knockout at the end? No, it was it was.
It was yo honestly, uh nick ball was winning that fight man.
He was winning that fight before the fight low.
You know who was fury’s friend and training partner, told talksport that he would steal the show, but in fact it was ball who you know calculated the you know, catapulted these fans to stand on their feet and cheer this on man.
This was a huge fight.
Man, stunning stoppage victory.
You know um.
This was a huge stop for ball in terms of class and occasion.
Having spent the majority of his career boxing in small halls, you know he was no.
He was now fighting at wembley stadium in front of 94 000 fans.
Man when he pulled this off and uh you know it was, it was a great performance, man, honestly uh, honest fight of the night man.
To be honest, is what i’m saying it’s still the show for sure.
Man definitely stole the show for sure um how how uh, how many knockouts in his 15 fights he’s, got eight okay, okay, okay, yeah, so ball fast explosive and accurate.
Despite his short reach, you know he’s something to watch man uh when he jumps into the you know he jumps in there with those deadly shots, man his left hand to the head, especially impressive uh.
You know really he’s a ball of fire and uh.
You know he’s a star star in the making man handled and he handled this big stage well and had too much for the more experienced commonwealth champion man.
There was a nasty clash of heads early on in the fight uh, with low being left the bloodied mess.
His left eye spouting blood.
Thankfully the cut did not see the fight stopped.
Balls.
Big knife did not deserve to be spoiled with low 21, 2 and 3.
Uh showed real heart and courage in trying to turn the fight around this, while suffering from a badly compressed vision after having been dropped heavily in round two ball, who showed great fitness, kept all the pressure on him and came through with this huge stunning, brutal knockout Man, it was a, it was a great great great match man and definitely he’s going to be one to watch in the future man.
This kid is a good.
You know best kept secret man he’s a secret.
The whole world needs to know about this kid man.
Honestly, this uh we’re gon na see big things from him.
Man definitely see some big feelings: yeah man, the uh.
Definitely what you call a crowd pleaser.
I guess you could throw them into one of those throwback fighters like uh like mickey ward or tour gotti who um you know they.
They did have some boxing skills, but their main concern was trying to take your head off, and that was the number one goal.
That’S exactly what nick ball looks like he’s trying to do like he’ll.
You know his little ball of fire he’ll he’ll pop out a little jab knit in there, but he’s he’s just throwing his jab right there to get closer to you.
It’S not like just to keep you keep you out.
There he’s trying to just use it to to break in the door like a battering ram.
Yeah.
Definitely man definitely, and you know boxing has been on the rise in liverpool.
Like you know, our man carl says uh, especially out of the red triangle, jim in everton man.
You know one of liverpool’s finest young talents, he trains there, man and – and you know, he’s got a couple other guys that train there too, that we that we’re going to touch base on uh in the future, but definitely man huge huge uh, huge talent coming out Of this place, man, what weight is he is he again he’s he’s he’s a feather? Well, they always say the names.
I know i don’t.
I always know that i don’t know 125 128.
Okay around there.
That’S what he weighed into this last two, so yeah man, but this kid big talent, be on the lookout for a man nick ball, honestly, five five, so you cannot fight on the outside outside exactly he’s dangerous and explosive.
Closing that distance man and getting on your inside with that devastating hook that left that he has to the head man honestly watch out for it man, it’s nasty.
This kid is a you know, he’s got the power, man he’s got the power he’s, got the drive and he’s got the heart, [ Laughter, ], yo.
Honestly, trust me when i tell you, man be on the lookout for this kid nick ball.
Honestly, great great kid to watch in the ring go back watch his last fight, devastating knockout against isaac low.
You won’t be disappointed.
You heard it here from mike or f4 and my man cedric ben, in the den shout out to you carl thanks for dropping in, and we will see you tomorrow same time same thing before we forget we’re almost at 2 000 subscribers on our talking fight channel, Make sure you you try to be that 2000th subscriber yeah man be that 2000 subscriber come on guys, please, like share subscribe.
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