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EPISODE: Episode 47
Mike and Cedric discuss Nikita Ababiy, an American professional boxer of Russian descent. As an amateur he was a Jr. Golden Gloves National Champion as well as two-time World Ring Side Champion. Ababiy was also in the USA Youth Team in 2016.
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Transcribed:
[, Music ]: what up talking fight fans thanks for tuning in to today’s episode of knuckle up featuring myself, hello mike gore at four? Yes, indeed, there we go.
Graham, thank you for joining me today, cedric’s uh, in the gym doing some training guys, so i’m uh, i’m i’m here with none other than the uh, the founder of this wonderful show and channel graham boyce.
Thank you again.
Um today we’re talking about matron.
Graham, i don’t know if you’ve been up to date with us all week, we’re talking about matron and these fighters that they’re hiding that they’re hiding away in in in the in the stables and uh.
Honestly, i can’t wait to talk about this guy uh nikita abibi, okay, yes, aka! Okay, before you start before you start, i i really thought you were gon na be talking about butterbean.
Today i saw your post.
I thought oh good we’re gon na we’re gon na be talking about someone famous today, all right, okay, instead, instead, you’ve surprised, you’ve surprised me once again.
Okay, all right! Sorry, guys we’re talking today about nikita abibi white chocolate is his alias.
Yes, you heard me right.
White chocolate this 23 year old middleweight he’s ranked 22 out of 271 in the us 133 out of 14 63 in the world.
He’S 11-0 right now with six kos, and we get to see him in action june 25th.
Guys mark the day on your calendar can’t wait to see this.
It’S going to be great man uh.
I like watching this kid.
He definitely um has some skill.
Man he’s got a vicious left to the body.
Graham, i know you love those body shot kos.
This is definitely a kid who has the recipe to win fights like this honestly he’s got great great angles: man, he knows how to play the angles in the ring.
He’S got a great job that he sticks behind and he’s got a vicious left to the body and usually followed up by this nasty overhand right guys.
If you watch his highlight reels man you’ll see what i’m talking about this kid nikita.
He is a talented brooklyn native um.
You know he has shown his cable he’s capable of converting his amateur success into professional glory, he’s known as white chocolate and he’s a former team usa.
Member and junior golden gloves champion.
Uh was one of eddie hearn’s first signings in america, and made his pro debut on october, 6th in matt’s room and his own first ever u.
s soil uh on uh on the u.
s soil in chicago um.
You know he boxed seven times in his first year.
In the paid ranks, including a trip to london, to fight at the o2 uh, while his eighth belt was significant, coming in la on the undercard of the clash of youtube, sensations, ksi and logan paul, and he’s also keen to be hit on his social media as Well, as in the ring uh this kid man, honestly uh had over a hundred over 160 amateur fights uh with roughly around nine losses and uh.
You know this.
Undefeated middleweight was sparring one day in his hometown of brooklyn new york uh, when one of his teammates gave him the nickname that has stuck with him ever since um.
You know he aims for another sweet victory coming june, the 20th uh 26th.
There uh, you know his mother is ukraine.
His father is russian.
You know 160 amateur fights with eight or nine losses in around there, but despite talking a lot taking losses in those fights uh, he saw them as opportunities to put more into the toolbox.
You know losing is never fun.
Those were all lessons we we talked about this we’ve said it many times.
It’S not a loss.
It’S a lesson.
Most fighters will tell you that they played to become more.
They plan to become world champions, even in multiple divisions.
However, not everyone will tell you that they would be willing to move up in weight just to stay active um.
You know he doesn’t yearn to be the hottest.
You know the hot prospect who struggles to obtain fights simply due to his dominance.
Uh.
That said, he has already, you know, had another big idea in mind: if offered a title fight, he’s willing to come down uh to 154 and you know winning there and then move up to 160 and so on and possibly up to 168.
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So this kid has, you know, dreams of becoming that wonderful multi-division world champion, and definitely he has some.
He has the skill set man and he’s young he’s young and he’s hungry and he’s undefeated, guys, matthew, eddie, hearn he’s picking these kids up from everywhere uh.
Graham, i know you haven’t you probably haven’t seen him.
You might have seen him in the past uh on an undercard here or there, but uh go out and watch him.
You’Ll you’ll definitely enjoy watching this kid fight, uh white, chocolate man.
How can you not like white chocolate, interesting, nickname um when is uh? Sorry, where is that show on the 25th that one is going to be he’s going to be uh fighting techport arena san antonio uh, it’s scheduled for eight uh he’s taking on uh no uh.
I believe the guy’s name is no uh laceros or laros junior is who he’s taking on uh he’s 14, 1-0 and uh on this on this card uh.
I can’t wait to see it.
Actually, we got um uh, akamedov and uh ronnie rios.
We got jessica mccaskill.
Taking on elma ibera uh, you got raymond ford on here, taking on richard medina, mark castro’s back in action on this card against jean vargas, so guys this one’s geared up to be a in card uh.
Definitely one to watch! I’M definitely gon na be watching it because uh, you know i like watching this kid fight, um, graham anything to say before we touch on the ever loved butterbean, i’m certainly looking forward to jessica, mccaskill, fighting again um.
That is my birthday weekend uh.
So i might join you in watching that actually excellent, so yeah.
So let’s sidebar this for a second uh for all the fans out there who are curious uh.
What is the final word on butterbean? Will he be fighting jake, paul, uh, jake paul hasn’t, given him an answer as of yet um, butterbean is actually uh.
Honestly, honestly butterbeans like in the best shape of his life right now, uh.
He feels the greatest that he’s.
Yeah he’s he’s been, training he’s been uh.
He feels the greatest he’s ever felt in years.
Uh he’s slimmed down uh, you know, he’s still he’s still butterbean we’re, never gon na we’re.
Never not gon na see butterbean but uh.
You know what this is right up.
His alley, though you know butterbean, is one of those guys um.
You know he never signed anything more than what was it a four four six round fight um.
You know because he really can’t go the distance, we’re talking about a really big guy who, just you know, relied on his his his brute force and strength to uh rack up wins, i believe butterbean was something like 77 wins and and nine losses in his career Or something like that, like the guy, is you know a highly decorated, knockout artist, the you know when you put butterbean on your card you’re, expecting a highlight victory knockout.
This is what people want to see.
Jake paul.
You know he hasn’t really gone past.
That, first round now you know he seems to be knocking people out.
So why not? Why not step in the ring with butterbean man? If you think you can beat, if you think you can beat boxers, then you know what you should jump in the ring with butterbean.
He is a boxer, he is retired.
You know he hasn’t.
He hasn’t been in a ring in over a decade, but even that being said, butterbean is a brick [, __ ].
He is a monstrous man with no neck.
It will take a lot to knock that guy out that man will be able to get hit by a truck in the ring and still stand.
It’S uh, it’s one of those fights man and honestly, i think if jake paul takes it, it would be um.
I think it would be his first loss man to be honest, but i would love to see it.
I know the fans said they would love to see it.
They’D love to see him get shut up.
You know and uh.
Why don’t see butterbean get back in the ring because who doesn’t want to see the lovable fun exciting, butterbean, it’s a great nickname right.
If it is his nickname, yeah, i’m not gon na i’m gon na argue yeah, i’m gon na argue with him.
I definitely had to send it across because, honestly, i thought it was really really funny um.
I would love to see it fans.
Let me know what you think drop it in the comments: jake paul versus butterbean.
You want to see it because i want to see it.
You know what it is uh, but let’s not take away from uh nikita abibi yeah yeah.
What it is man he’s uh he’s great to watch this kid guys mark it on your calendar june 25th.
Uh san antonio texas man, uh, it’s gon na, be a great one.
Definitely scheduled for eight can’t wait to watch this matchroom kid get in there and do what he does best and that’s knocking people out uh.
You know he’s 11-0 six knockouts undefeated, trying to keep that record guys be on the lookout for this kid white chocolate watch out for him.
You heard it here at four, with michael and graham boys doing what we do best and that’s bringing you the young, the hungry, the undefeating, the undiscovered prospects from around the world and we’re the only channel out here doing it.
So guys, we’ll see you next time.
Tomorrow, continuation match room, we got a good one for you, we’ll see.
You then same time same channel knuckle up thanks mike
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