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On this episode of Knuckle Up, we’re thrilled to welcome David Rajuili, host of Ringside Talk on the Talkin Fight channel, for an exclusive live interview with our host, Mike Orr. In addition to our discussion with Rajuili, we’ll also be analyzing his latest fight against Djiby Diagne, which took place on April 1st, 2023. Get ready for an in-depth look at Rajuili’s training, preparation, and performance in the ring, as well as expert analysis and insights from our hosts. Don’t miss out on this exciting episode of Knuckle Up, exclusively on the Talkin Fight channel. Subscribe now and hit the notification bell to stay up to date on all our latest episodes!
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That’S right! That’S right! David how’s! It going man, nice, uh, nice, nice of you to come back.
I know you’re uh coming off that big uh, that big fight and uh.
We were talking to you just before it so uh how’s everything going everything’s, good and good spirits.
Uh fight is good, um everything’s good.
Now the doors have opened, opportunities are flying in and uh yeah man yeah man.
What can I say, um back in the fighting game, I’m back next week, I’m back in France, hey around us, so uh yeah we’ll get to that.
But a very good day.
I’M in High Spirits actually going well yeah back in training and uh.
Today was my race day, but I’m very excited brother, excellent, excellent.
So what let’s uh? Let’S talk a little bit about your uh, your your last fight uh, this one! This was April, the first! No joke guys this one was April Fool’s Day David here coming through with the uh majority decision, there uh eight rounder uh yeah.
Let’S, let’s run through it and let’s talk about it, it was a good Fighter.
Um, a lot of people, don’t know uh.
Actually me and TV from the Netherlands, I was in the Netherlands uh about four months uh I tried to move up there.
I was boxing a little gym.
Uh forget its name now, but anyway we used to train together.
He was my sparring partner, he’s a fully fledged welterweight, always walking around at least 72s 1769 uh.
Even back then I was at a proper lightweight, as I am now at 62 61 and we used to spy and we used to push each other in the ring.
So when I say push each other spotting was always a war.
You know uh, I still remember back then I was like.
Are you African guy in the Netherlands? In that little I was in their boss and he would come and it was on The Advocate at the time I was African, WPF Africa Champion, you know and uh.
You know how it goes once you you, you come up with the champ.
You want to push him, you want, you want to show him that you’re actually better than him, so we actually had very good scoring back then, and I knew what I was up against right.
Uh.
Coming into this fight um, I watched we watched more of these videos.
He is also an online all-run fighter, so he’s one of those Fighters that I think I mentioned this the last time that he fights for his family.
He fights for food over 10.
You know you will go to a boxing fight from a boxing fights.
You will do next week in MMA fight.
Next week your K1 fights just limited to get uh food.
You know uh get those extra Euros in fiji’s family so coming up against the fighter like that, you always know you’re coming and going up against someone who’s well prepared, someone who knows the the fight game, whether it be MMA with Apk one, whether it be boxing They’Re always ready to fight against.
We never underestimated him um.
I never underestimate my opponents, but especially him, because he’s an oral fighter he’s a fighter in in Hearts.
You know right, so the fight was good.
You know we started off very good for those who watch.
Thank you very much um.
It was a good fight.
We started off nice and slowly, you know.
Uh was still a little bit uh ripped off my cabs.
Then I actually started to pick him off to see.
Okay, he is a little bit slower because he was bigger than me.
I didn’t actually carbon load as I used to in the past.
I actually did it.
We spoke about this and did it slowly just to have more of that speed just put on an extra two three kilos.
You know especially up against the big Fighters.
You never want to Copper load so much you just want to be in your training weight.
I would like to say so just to let your speed and your your endurance and everything so one thing round: two and three: I started to see that you know I’m picking him off the chat with my distance, my head movement, just my levels and these levels Were a little bit different and then uh I started to play play a little bit.
You know uh had a little bit of fun.
There was a bit of holding and stuff like this, but I do understand he was going through Ramadan right now, yeah.
He came into the fight going through and you know even the last time when we spot um.
It was around Ramadan time and you would come to training during Ramadan and you would push and stuff like that.
Excess never underestimated you, because I knew I knew what he was coming with.
You know yeah and uh yeah man um.
I picked him off uh.
I started to have fun started because I’ve got a new coach.
Now you know I started to um practice.
What we’ve been really training in the gym, trying out new things and uh yeah I’ve got the win and it was it was.
It was great, you know um the one judge who headed to draw.
I don’t know what fans he was watching yeah, but you know what with fights like that, you know.
The truth is no matter who you are.
You can be a elite fighter top in the world, top 100 top 50.
.
If you go, if you’re in a wayfinder, you already not just up against an opponent you’re up against the judges, you you’re on the back foot already, you know uh.
You have to really really really do a lot to win.
You know and if you don’t beat the favorite fighter, sometimes it ends up into a draw or something like that.
You know, and you would ask yourself, I guess you’re good so much.
How did it come to a draw? You know um even my fight last year, I did so much.
I lost password decision.
Oh that’s, crazy.
You know uh, but this is the boxing game.
This is what boxing is.
You know and it’s it’s nothing against him or away uh the the favorite Fighters.
It’S it’s quite Home Advantage, that’s what they call it.
So, even when they called out the draw, I was like okay and then you heard the other scores.
Then I was like okay, the other two guys were watching what was happening and you know, even when I was in there really boxing.
I was looking at the judges, because I was making sure that I’m making sure these punches are clean and they can see it.
I don’t want any any stories here.
Right, right, well, you’ll be happy to know, you’ll be happy to know the fans, the fans scored at 77 to 75.
, okay, nice, nice, so so so they they were on board with the other two judges they have to watch.
Uh this is according to BoxRec, BoxRec has it.
The fan base has scored it 77 and 75.
So the fact that uh, the one judge, scored it as a draw.
He must have been checking his email or yeah or uh swiping right swiping right on Tinder.
You know yeah, he was probably like you ain’t winning this at all yeah, but um.
You know those are the challenges like we come up against as Fighters, not just as myself as as Fighters as as as as as as a fighter as you go out there into the world.
You know you prepare for these things.
You prepare for these fights that no it’s not every day, you’re going to be able to fight in your back Garden right in your backyard.
You know you get these fighters, let’s not get it wrong.
They’Re all fighters out there that are in the top ten top five that have never left their country that are always very protected to have their people.
They they are groomed.
We call it.
You know yeah to that stage to the top, but they still do the work.
They have to win the fights, they’re still, training, and also you can’t take that away from them, but they once they leave their comfort zone and go fight elsewhere.
It becomes difficult for them and they actually crumble some don’t they thought they can’t leave.
You know, example like Kevin arena.
For instance, when he fought in the UK, he’s been groomed in South Africa.
So much that when he left South Africa he tried he couldn’t yeah.
You know it’s uh, it’s a whole different world.
I don’t get.
I find I find that you know like a lot of different countries, have different different styles of boxing and if you don’t get exposed to that early in your career or through amateurs um eventually, sometimes these Fighters can fall through the you know fall to that that Staleness of of being stuck by only fighting Regional Fighters, because you – yes, you just don’t have the ability or the experience or the skill at some point in your professional career to be able to fight on that European World level stage because you haven’t, you haven’t experienced The other styles of fighting, like you know, Japan’s got their own style, Germany, style and style.
You know Russia’s got their own style, South Africa, their own style, Americans, have their own style.
And if you don’t get to see these Styles in your amateur career, because you know um, you haven’t, you just haven’t, had the financial ability or financial stability to be able to do it.
You hope that in your pro career you eventually early early in your program.
You get to experience those other styles, because you know what it will come back to my gym.
The ass later on it does yeah 100 100 and the fact and the fact that you travel like you, travel like you just spent four months in the Netherlands.
You know so yeah yeah.
Do you find the Netherlands different from from South Africa when it comes to? It comes to the style of boxing and training and, like you know, I’ve been really blessed.
To be honest, thank you.
This journey that I’ve taken with with the boxing it’s really been a blessing.
It’S been a hard one.
You know uh just venturing into the world and just trying this boxing so hard.
It’S not getting fights but training in different terms and with different styles and stuff.
Like this, this is where I say this is the the blessing in disguise.
I’Ve been blessed to see all these different styles.
You know, and someone actually asked me about the whole neighborhood story.
So you see in the Netherlands, the Netherlands isn’t a boxing country, it’s a kickboxing country, you know so even by boxing events are very limited.
You’Ll have one two boxing events: a year: uh their boxes are limited, each wage group you have like four or five boxes, because it’s not a boxing Pantry, so their boxing is a little bit behind.
Because of such you know, but you go to the Netherlands and go to kickboxing wow every single corner.
You turn there’s kickboxing gym kickboxing, you know uh, it’s it’s.
They think so uh.
Even me when I went there.
It was I think, three years ago, when I was training there uh they saw me they saw a whole different style they’re like oh this African boy.
He ran so much all of this.
It’S the same as here in Germany at my gyms here, I’ve been to two different jobs here in Germany and they said the same thing like I see you, Africans you’ve got so much endurance, you run so much you you come forward, you just go and that’s You know for us, that’s how that’s our training we have to run 10ks.
Today I was saying to the coach coach taking a race day with my arms, but I’m gon na hit the 10K he’s like no, you don’t have to I’m like.
If I don’t I’m missing something, you know uh, it’s it’s just not normal.
Not to do that.
You know what I mean um.
So there’s that was the difference and it’s it’s like they say salesman fights right.
Lunch is five stars, make a fighter, you know and then going back to this fight our head.
Now on the 1st of April, my I feel in the first you know.
Second round third round I was like okay, you know my style is so much better than this.
I’M quicker.
I can move on my feet.
My head movement, his stuff he’s just coming forward.
He puts his head down.
Let me play with him.
You know.
Let me pick the punches and stuff and it allowed me to do that.
You know I think if I was fighting uh a more intelligent, uh different fighter it wouldn’t have gone, then I have to be very sharp and stuff.
You know um, it’s like now.
I’M off to France next week I’m fighting [ Music, ] um yeah, he’s 17 and one with three draws a very good fighter, ranked in the hunt 120 in the world, uh lost to uh Carey coloring from the UK yeah Gary Kelly.
Yes, so you know he’s! Yes, 32nd knockout, but to get to that level you work this way to get to fight him.
You know and uh.
It means um.
It’S gon na step up my game.
This is why I’m so excited I’m gon na be in front of a boxer.
I’M gon na be in front of someone, then also be conscious run into each other.
I can’t just be wild.
I need to be focused.
I need to throw my checks.
I need to faint I need to.
We need to work together.
We need you know.
I need to really really box, and this is why I’m really excited it feels like I’m leveling up even just coming into the fight.
You know we’re working into the German stuff.
It’S like.
Yes, I’ve been dreaming of such fights.
You know because back home you just know: okay, this guy’s gon na be tough, okay, go forward and go, but now it’s now it’s time to do a lot of green IQ control.
The middle keep your distance.
I think you should handle this guy, no problem, yeah.
It’S gon na it’s gon na it’s gon na, be it’s gon na be a tough test.
Definitely you have to use that speed because he’s he’s a small lanky guy.
You know the nice thing is those are my favorite cars yeah, because I’ve got the head movement.
My head moves better than 10 minutes [ Laughter ].
I’Ve got some good hits when I’ve got some good punches coming my way so um, I’m excited, I’m excited, I’m very, very excited it’s also.
It’S like I was actually saying to.
I speak to a lot of the amateurs at the gym I’m at now you know just to give them some motivation and I said to them.
You know for me when I was a little kid in Soweto and in South Africa and stuff.
I used to always look out there because I thought the countries are up.
You know – and I was like: oh my God, I wan na go fight it, but I always believe that’s where I belong.
I belong our chair in the world stage.
You know I belong out here, fighting the world Fighters.
I belong in in MGM Grand.
This is what I see you know, that’s why I branded myself so much about.
I feel I belong there and this kind of a fight.
It’S like hey, Bro, you’ve spoken about this now he’s here now with the big dogs yeah.
All you have to show that you really belongings, yeah, you know and uh.
This is why I’m excited it’s uh.
It’S it’s that kind of a fight to say.
Okay and a lot of people will be watching a lot of you know and I’m going to use uh back on it, but if I pull up and it upsets them – it’s it’s it’s so great and so big.
For me, you know it’s.
It’S such a pat on the back to go into a guy’s home Hometown home gym and give that you get that win like it’s.
It’S a big thing.
It’S one thing to win on your home soil, but it’s another thing to go into another man’s backyard and take it and take his dog 100, and that’s how I thought I was coming back to uh the fight on the 1st of April.
I was everyone asked me: how did you feel – and I was like there’s no words that can explain this? Yes, you’re away from home, you 10 000 kilometers away from home home.
You know.
I live in Germany now with my wife and my daughter and everyone, but I’m away from home home, and you know you get to work which is so difficult to get now, especially in the programs and stuff, and to come away with that.
Coming back for the second time to the same place, yeah to get that win, it’s it’s! Oh! It’S! It just shows! You know hard work, hard work, hard work, determination, hard and that’s what I kept saying to myself on the road running 12 o’clock at night is hard work.
You can do this, you gon na.
Do this you’re gon na.
Do this it’s hard work.
It’S all! The years all the years don’t worry about the last fight, you’re gon na go and showing up, and that’s why I feel right now for this one in France is yes we’re here now, so I’m gon na go show you.
I am gon na go hurt the sky.
This is what I’m gon na go.
Do I’m gon na he’s gon na, say wow, okay, uh actually funny.
You say that I was running in the mountains the other day and I was like I like your voice, laughing saying, dangerous doctor.
I love it and then what do you call it? A voice came up to me in my head and said: oh cool you’re.
Actually you’re going in there as the Black Sheep, you’re gon na, be the black sheep of boxing now and I was like it gave me goosebumps and I was like you know.
I actually can be this black sheep of boxing where the promoters are like.
You know this looks like a step applied for you, but actually, oh you see actually setting up your own final.
Four failure.
Failure! Yes, and you know if I come into the game like that, I could get some very good fights.
You know uh.
I can at the same time I can be looked away like true true, it’s a blessing and and and yes, but it’s a blessing in disguise, but it could also be like the worst thing ever because you know get that reputation as like.
A road warrior.
The man who goes into your hometown and whoops your man’s ass, yeah yeah.
Then you end up getting shelved right and then it’s like.
Then it’s like! No, no, no, no he’s he’s high risk, but low rewards.
So we won’t have that fight that that can they can really shell for fighter sometimes, but if you, if you play it right, if you play it right, it can be.
It can be great for you.
If you can be very great for me, it can be very prosperous man.
It could be lots of money coming your way because of things like that.
Right, yes, hundred percent hundred percent – and, to be honest, I believe I’m on that road.
You know, even after the fight um, a lot of the phones just been going crazy, yeah the fight offers here and there fighting Center and uh.
You know people are very interested.
People want to see more, and people want to know this, and that and it’s like okay, it’s been quiet.
I’Ve done something right now.
I need to just keep doing yeah right.
I need to you just got to keep you got to keep in in their minds but, like you know not right in the front, but you always got ta.
You got ta, keep in the memory of these people and by putting it is by putting on good performances.
You know it’s it’s by you going in and not just putting on a great performance, but not knocking the guy out in the first round.
You know what I mean, because that’s awesome, crap too.
No, they want to see they want to see that you’re bringing the fight to the guy they want to see.
The exchanges are good.
They wan na they wan na know that you’re actually putting on a show, because at the end of the day, he ain’t gon na make money if his entire Fight Card ends up in like one first round Knockouts yeah, but he’s also not gon na make money.
If every fight on the damn card goes the distance and it’s and it’s crap right so yeah 100 yeah, so definitely you’ve done something right.
If the phone keeps ringing now yeah, but yeah man, I’m excited – and I know next week – we’re bringing in uh I’m bringing in the heat I’m bringing all the smoke uh.
I always steal the show yeah this one, I’m stealing, 100.
What’S it what’s the date for it, what’s the date for this one uh, the sixth, it’s uh, sixth of May, okay with six eh, because it hasn’t it hasn’t been listed as of yet on BoxRec, no exactly yeah! I don’t know why yeah some, sometimes honestly BoxRec, sometimes they’re a little slow at getting their updates in there.
Usually they’re really good.
Usually you know 9 A.
M.
Every day they they get in there, but yeah even usually, I would sign a contract, send it in the next day boom.
My name is there oh yeah, two days later, it’s on but uh this one.
I don’t know.
Uh contracts have been signed.
Everything is done.
Uh it’s just time now I mean I’m going down back to 135, which uh I feel very confident about.
Um I’ve been in the Super lightweights for uh three years since I moved to Germany right, so I’ve been picking up strength in this way.
Super lightweight um, going down back to lightweight.
I think I’ll be a little bit strong now how much how many pounds you have to cut.
You know um I’ll, be like I don’t know if it’s a disciplined fighter or maybe I’m doing something wrong, but I’m not this outstands after the fight.
I don’t pick up 10 kilos or 15 kilos.
I don’t walk around in 70s and stuff, like that.
I my coaches, always say I should go back.
I started off as a uh, 55.
Okay and then I thought featherweight Junior feather.
I fought a little bit for a while, and then I went up to lightweight everyone says to me all: the coaches recommend Uncle dance back to Junior, Live to it because it’s a weight I could make.
You know 12-week training camp.
Through your light weights.
I could make very easy right.
You know um like is that where you feel you’re most comfortable as well uh, my most comfortable will be heads lightweight.
Okay.
Yes, when I say my most comfortable is I make a way right now, as I speak to you, I’m at around 63.
63.
5.
60.
63.
63.
5.
It’S my rest day.
Even I go train or go around or something like that.
It just comes off.
I’Ve been drinking water all day and all that so I can make lightweight easy super lightweight.
Now is not that I want to be lazy.
If it’s just I like to challenge myself with the bigger guys right, I like fighting bigger guys.
You know – and I know these guys, waiting at 62 uh 63.
5 and they walk around at 72.
75 and stuff like that, seven, you know so they call the load.
I don’t cover load so much.
I feel I’ve got a more of an advantage like that, and I really just like mixing it up with bigger guys, since I was a little kid in the streets and stuff like that, I always like witching up with the big guys.
You know.
So that’s right.
That’S how you earn that respect right, take on the big guy take on the big guy.
That’S it you’re in the respect.
Yeah, I don’t know it’s just my friends always said I was Punchy.
I don’t know I just like it.
So, even though I’m going back to lightweight, I feel very confident to say, okay, I’ve been sparring me guys, uh I’ve been in there with some big guys.
Even the last two fights I’ve had have been with uh, fully fledged super welterweights, and these guys have been coming hard and I’ve kept them right.
I’Ve really caught these guys where they’ve they’ve rocked I’ve rocked some big guys.
So I want to actually see what I can do in my life division.
You know uh now, let’s power, more speed, obviously and speed creates the power.
So this is why I’m excited for next week.
You know to see: okay, I’m gon na copyload a little bit just tomorrow, training, weight right and see what he comes in at and feel his power give him my power – and I know he’s a lightweight.
His whole career he’s been a lightweight yeah, so um I’ve been up.
I’Ve fought bigger guys than him right.
I’Ve talked because I’ve seen him like when I say Club.
They found my power.
I’Ve seen I can rock them.
So I want to see what can happen when I come back to the lightweight division.
If I catch you nicely, if we exchange, can you take my pressure? You know the big guys suffer.
They do in the later rounds, come down and feel my pressure.
They feel it you know, can he sustain this? Can you sustain my endurance, you know, and I’m feeling I’m feeling very good about this.
So I’m very excited very, very, very excited.
This will be a good one.
Yeah it’s gon na, be nice, it’ll be nice to uh.
You know to go uh to go over to France there and uh and pick off the number three lightweight in their in their division, yeah yeah.
At the end of the day.
It’S like this.
It’S a letter, this whole game, it’s not a game.
This whole sport is a letter.
You have to to be the best.
You have to go out there and you have to fight the best.
You have to go.
There fight number two go there.
Five number: five go there.
Five, you know uh, who knows after this fight, I might have to fight number 200 again go back, but this is what it is, and this is how we did you time this letter.
You know I don’t have the best promoters.
I don’t have people out there looking for fights for me, so I have to go the roots that God gives me you know and I’m ready I’m a fighter.
This is what I do so if it means going to France I’ll go to France, going to Russia I’ll go to Russia, go to the states I’ll go to the states.
Go Mexico I’ll go it’s! I have to do this if I want to be best insane, and you know what, if I win all these fights, I can actually look back and say man, you you’re the best bro.
You went through everywhere like a Brian Mitchell right, you know: [, Music, ], winning winning winning and uh.
You win some.
You lose some, but just going out there, like you, said in another man’s backyard, putting on a good show pushing him back giving your best.
You know it’s um, there’s nothing like it.
No no he’s definitely liking it up going into another man’s backyard and taking his food.
That’S a feeling! That’S a feeling! That’S that’s hard to shake.
You know it’s a good one.
So so we got this fight coming up on the sixth you’re ready we’re taking on this man.
He lost to Gary Kelly.
I know I know you’re gon na bring it to him.
I know he’s gon na feel your smoke um.
You know what you do you you got, ta have your hands in this kid does that’s for sure.
You know and uh.
I can’t wait man.
I can’t wait to see this one.
Are we doing another uh? Are we doing another live stream event like we did for the last one? That’S helping us this the whole week.
Eventually, I don’t know we’ll see it’s time for pay-per-views, but uh we will see we will see because the thing is now I’m just traveling with me.
My coach uh Corner man yeah the coaching, the corner man.
We don’t have much of the support and people to help us with cameras and stuff.
So we will see I would love to bring it to the fence.
I’Ve heard this the whole week.
Can we see a fight? Can we see a fight? Please please, please uh make videos, so that also makes me excited, meaning there’s such an interest.
All of a sudden, you know from the first fight we went to we streamed with um talking fights to the next one yeah, you know uh, the great place is growing.
Yeah people want to see more and uh.
Even it motivates me like, even though I was in the gym the other day – and I was like you know, Dave if you’re gon na go this route of pay-per-views and stuff now people are watching now the world is watching.
Now you have to step up bro.
You have to and just saying that to myself you feel yourself stepping up.
You feel yourself doing things differently.
You know um.
I even pray every day not to have a big head to stay humble as much as possible.
You know because these kind of things can Sidetrack you, you know, uh can get you uh.
I never really done this for fortune and fame and stuff like this, but all of this can can really you can get to your mind and stuff like that.
Okay, so this is one thing I also I pray about just to stay focused to stay on what the real goal is.
You know not to be this uh pay-per-view style or it would be nice for me, those are rewards.
It’S like winning titles.
You know those are rewards you put in the hard work you put in everything.
Uh train hard put in the hard work Fight, Hard win.
The fight you’ll lose some fight, keep going, keep going, hey you’ll, get your title.
Fights you’ll win the title, but those are the rewards you put in to the Sports unboxing, so even with this whole pay-per-view when people wanting to stream and stuff it’s, I feel like it’s rewards of all the work you put in over the years or you know Never giving up always being determined pursuing, never giving up what definitely never giving up, and this is all just that it’s showing you see it never came up.
This can happen.
You know you never gave up.
Look the world is now watching.
You know, uh talking.
Five percent, with the the numbers of our last show it was good.
I was like I had like.
I had a tears.
The world is watching, you know like yeah, and the funny thing is when I got to Germany for three years.
I’Ve never boxed, and I was like I’m done with this.
I can’t I’ve got a baby.
Now got a wife, I’m done and it just kept me going and I was like you cannot quit.
You have to keep going and I kept going and I’m like wow look.
The world is now watching exactly exactly you definitely yeah.
Definitely it’s just.
It’S just rewards it’s uh and that’s why I’ll keep going I’ll train harder and uh keep your trading order.
I’M going to fight harder, smarter, more better, you know and see what rewards come out there.
You know exactly so this next one is a pay-per-view correct.
No, no! No! No! No! No! No! No! It’S not cheap! No! Yes! Soon enough! Soon enough soon enough, this will be good man.
So, what’s up so what’s the plan? What’S the plan for after this you’re gon na take a rest after this one? Are you looking to get back in there right away yeah? You know you ask me this.
I’M already getting call office because uh we’ve got a WPF title of uh [ Music ] and I was like, I even find the coach I said coach.
I was actually wanted to take a break because it’s actually I don’t know how good it is to fight eight rounds or every four weeks.
It’S you can deteriorate.
No, you can’t yeah, you can you can at the end of the day after a few months, you’re not fighting as good as you.
You should, because you’re not giving yourself risk and stuff right right, you need it.
You need a certain time of rest after it.
It’S like you know: if you don’t get it you’re just doing damage yes, 100, 100 and uh.
So we will see you know to be really really honest.
We will see about this uh we’re waiting for a nice fights offer um speaking to some people.
Uh can’t say much at the moment right, but uh we’ll see what the offer is uh for the end of May we’ll see if we’ll take that fight.
If not, there is, as I said, we have been speaking this morning about uh the WPF.
As I said, I want I’ve always wanted to be a three Division champion and I might get this opportunity at the moment, though, is to focus on beating Mr Gerard yeah.
That is my focus.
Uh.
Everything else is he’s one side.
I even said to the coach you know with all of this is the thing, and now this happened to me in South Africa anymore.
Once you start winning, you become a champion and if you want to focus on one thing, but a million other things start coming in sponsorships this okay and it’s actually sidetracking.
So if you had to ask me – and we had to speak – let’s say a month ago – yeah no two months ago, without all of this, I would be just speaking about one fight right.
You know what I mean right.
You know I wouldn’t have all of these.
Other things you know I’ll be just focusing on this, and this is this is what I feel it’s a test.
Also in this boxing, it’s also just staying focused stay focused on this one thing focus on this one thing: the one fight going to France go, beat this guy to give him one hell of a show, and the next day we look at what we’re doing.
You know uh, we look at the next step and stuff like this.
You know I think, as I was even saying before the April first fight.
I thought this is my last fight.
Actually I was like okay, I’m a guy in there fight and we don’t know and then boom the next two days later, you’re gon na find a call from a promoter.
Hey.
We saw you fight we’re actually in France, you know what I’m saying then you’re like whoa is this for real yeah.
So right now Go Hard fly the South African flag hard.
That’S it take my whole life actually into France.
Everything I’ve worked on everything.
I’Ve learned all the Styles and put it in there and make a statement, because these are the kind of fights exactly get you recognized exactly.
Okay, please define it like this in the country or in the world.
There’S a guy like this.
There’S a guy climbing around no and yeah.
Hopefully I don’t scare anybody, I want to say [, __ ].
I don’t really scare anybody.
I think what it is is your your you put on notice that there’s some good competition out there definitely 100.
You know trust me we’ll be keeping our fingers Crossing that phone just Rings Rings Rings after this one yeah yeah 100, like as I say, I’m excited, there’s already something maybe for the end of May uh.
Even those kind of fights are, though it gets harder.
100.
It doesn’t get easier, it always gets.
It gets harder and harder, because why you’re fighting better and better and better? But at the end of the day, you as a fighter, are getting better and better yes and better.
Because your opponents are good, it brings out the best of you and you’re like okay.
Then you get better and better.
You know when you’re fighting the top ten, you belong in a top team.
Exactly so, I believe, if you’re finding a top 10 fighter, that’s where you belong.
You belong in the top 10 Fighters.
You build a top ten, that’s where you belong, you’re, fighting top five.
You belong in the top five.
You know yeah.
It doesn’t just happen where you fight in top five and you ranked 1 000 fighting top five fighter or something exactly that doesn’t happen.
You don’t belong there, no, no! No! If you get in that ring and you take out a top 10 fighter, then you take his spot man, that’s how it should be yes, 100, but you belong in [, Laughter, ], looking forward to the next fight and uh yeah uh, it’s it’s an exciting Journey.
You know and uh I’m so happy talking fighting you guys are all part of it.
Yeah man, we’ll definitely we’ll, definitely be cheering you on for sure um.
I can’t wait to see this one.
It should be good.
Um yeah man we’re gon na I’m gon na get I’m gon na get you back in here after this fight and we’ll talk about this win that uh that you’re gon na come through with lovely.
I love that positive positive uh words here.
I love it.
I love it yeah 100.
We’Ll definitely do that again.
Definitely excellent! I can’t wait.
Well then, you know what I’m gon na put that in the calendar for all the fans out there listen after the sixth watch out for the next interview with David Rizzoli host of ringside talk on the talk and fight Channel South African champion this man, this man, The dangerous [ __ ] will be coming back to talk to us after his big win in France, as he as he goes in there to the man’s backyard and takes his own food.
This is what we do exactly exactly yeah well David, I’m not going to keep you too much longer brother brother.
I know it’s probably late over there um right now to ask you something: bro yeah, ask me: ask me: you watch the fights on the weekend yeah.
What did you think of that right with David? What Davis I called it? I called it.
I knew he was going.
Sixth, seventh round, he was out, he was done um.
You know what it was once once once once Garcia’s left hook was taken away from him.
It really showed that uh his skills, his skill set, is not on the same level on the same level, yeah 100 still yeah he’s still young.
You know you got ta.
Think of this like even though they could be.
You know they’re roughly around the same age kind of thing.
The thing is is that Davis Davis has already been a 10 year professional as a three Division World Champion your last.
Your last 10 fights have been against number one contenders, bad men that are trying to take that belt from you.
So the competition that he’s faced over the last couple of years is far superior to the people that Ryan Christie has been knocking on.
So um a lot of people a lot of people.
It’S the same thing.
I said when uh rolly Romero, when everybody said Roland Romero, was going to take Davis’s zero and this same [.
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What happened? Davis’S defense, you know what is great counter punching.
He slipped out on that inside caught him with that hook, and that was it.
The guy went to bed same thing here, man, you know Davis using that evasiveness that elusiveness that he has you know you can really see the Mayweather in them these years.
You know what it is 100 you can see.
The thing is the final thing you said that is, I was explaining to him a lot the other day he’s.
You know this dangerous.
I’Ve watched him from the beginning when he started all access right and I still remember, I think, when Mayweather bought him out.
He couldn’t speak English.
Really he couldn’t really speak, and people used to Mark him and stuff like this, and I think he went to talking school or whatever and he started speaking, but how Mayweather actually groomed you yeah.
Even this whole thing that they’re in beef.
I don’t believe none of that they’re working together, my brother groomed into this.
To that moment, yeah he became the face of boxing.
You know, and you see it, you see it.
You see how even the way he speaks now the way he carries himself and everything throughout the fights to through, and they were saying he’s choosing his um.
His fights Davis is choosing his fight.
Yes, they grooming him yeah they’re, getting him ready to become a five-time champion.
This is what these guys do.
They take them from a young age group them all the way to the top.
You know um, I think, with who’s Ryan uh.
If he had Oscar De La Hoya grooming from the beginning, it would have been a different fight, different story, different story, yeah.
It would have been a different story, but you know Garcia.
Garcia also had to credit.
Quite a long layoff too right like he was he was inactive mental health and all of that yeah right.
So, like you know that takes a toll on you, too uh you could see, you know what you could see like everybody says: oh well, Garcia! You know Garcia’s got power in that hook and you listen Davis hits like like Wilder yeah.
You know when you talk about when you talk about Fighters today that are relevant in boxing who have that one punch, knockout power, it’s it’s a list of you know, lightweights and up.
You know lightweights cruiserweights heavyweights, except for when you hear one name in that same list that gets talked about with all of them and that’s tank Davis right and we’re talking we’re talking at 1.
30.
.
138.
140.
.
This guy can knock people out wow, yes and there’s not too many there’s not too many of these little guys that get mentioned in those countries.
You know there’s a one fight.
I would still like to see him the rematch with the uh release the if he has to rematch that kid I think, but even that fight he that kid came right.
Yeah, that’s what I was saying with the with the black sheep that can come in and they see him and you’ll.
Never see him again right because he’s dangerous right right, they’ll definitely keep him on the sides.
That’S for sure! Oh yeah uh Hector Luis! Thank you.
Luis Garcia, yeah, honestly rolly Romero, you know what I mean like he’s: fought: rolly Romero Isaac, the Pitbull Cruz, Mario Bros.
That’S who I’m talking about yeah that kid that kid’s a pit bull man.
He took David’s 12 rounds yeah and after that they don’t want to put him in the fight, because no they don’t they don’t want nothing.
They don’t want to smoke.
No! No because he’s one of those guys he’s got that he’s got that super intensity.
You know what I mean he’s got that intensity he’s got his head down.
He comes forward.
Yeah you just head down, come forward.
All the time go, go, go, go, go, go he’s, got no, he’s got no reverse.
He only comes he’s like that.
He’S uh, and even for even for the dangerous fight for him yeah, that’s why I think they shy away.
They don’t even think of the rematch or anything like that.
No, they won’t because it was too close like it was weird.
It was the score.
It was scored 115, 113, 115, 113 and 116 112.
, so it was too close too close for comfort.
Yes, yes, yes, but you see after he fought Davis, it’s hard for him to get any fights now.
Yeah because he’s there at the top guys, but none of those top guys actually want to say, hey, come I’ll fight.
You uh because they know this is a danger.
Man yeah, you know so she has.
He hasn’t fought this year at all his last.
His last fight was in September when he took on uh Eduardo Ramirez and that one that one went only two rounds and uh.
It ended in a knockout and Ramirez was down twice in round two, so yeah.
So no one wants to take him.
No he’s not he’s done.
Currently, I guess I guess he’s currently the WWE BC silver light champion because uh that belt was on the line there against Ramirez.
So but we’ll see we’ll see we’ll see yeah, let’s see yeah, he hasn’t fought this year.
So we definitely will see myself we’ll see, we’ll see right.
I think La machine could take it honestly.
They need to take it back for me yeah, I think so I think so I think so.
I think I think we’re gon na see, I think we’re gon na see more than one more than one fight there yeah yeah.
This is what I think is.
That’S why I say I think Clementine could take it.
The first time yeah and then hangy will come back.
Uh.
Take it again was shot.
Was the whole Ukraine war thing, yeah put him back and just the whole thing of the whole Ukraine thing putting him back.
I think that also gives him so much fire to saying you know I am still here Emily machine Co.
You know, and this is what’s gon na win him – the fight, I think so too.
I think so too.
You know, I think I think it might be.
It might be a big upset and you know Haney will just get that um.
You know, he’ll get that wake up that he needs.
Yes, you’ll definitely get to wake up in that fight and – and you know, like listen you’re not coming in here – you’re, not beating up on an old man.
That’S not what’s going to happen, yeah yeah! No! No! No! No! No! I don’t think they! No! No! You know those people that’ll think that but listen.
This is not a.
This is not an old puppy versus young pup kind of thing, like lomachenko still yeah experience to uh, meaning IQ and everything you know, uh adventuring is actually to fight.
A veteran is actually very dangerous, very of course, they’re more skilled.
They know more how to use the ring how to do this.
They know more tricks than the young Bloods.
You know yeah, so if they have to throw in the whole age thing then actually number two is the favorite, because he’s a veteran he’s more experienced he’s got more real IQ, more amateur fights more this more there, so yeah, it’s right in the edge, then he’s The he’s the favorite yeah exactly well, you got ta, you know 24 24 versus 35 right yeah.
I I believe I believe, between 30.
.
I believe I believe, between 30 and 35 is really a man’s Prime in the fight game.
Right, I’m getting at the same time and then, when you hit 35, he starts going down.
[ Laughter, ], just standing up to come over to the computer and do this interview [ Music ], my ankles were snap crackling and popping man jeez.
I couldn’t I couldn’t.
Imagine after 12 rounds, man probably wouldn’t be able to walk right now, I’m so old! Oh that’s! Funny! Brother yeah! That’S funny yeah, but I’m looking forward to that part as well, but I really think La machenko take it and uh yeah there’s some good fights coming up there yeah they speak Canelo and Smith um.
We all know that that’s uh, quite a yeah, that’s uh! That’S really good everything’s going fine uh, but now you never know right.
This much can uh and step in fight which one boazy what’s happening.
Yeah this one.
This one’s taking place on the six as well you’ll, be busy fighting Yo you’ll be busy fighting, so Josh botsi this kid um, 16-013 Knockouts um, you know he’s he’s one of these kids.
You just got ta look out for knockout power, you know, and he just he just got it.
Man he’s uh he’s, definitely got it.
He makes he’s been making a name for himself, that’s for sure and he’s taking on uh he’s taking on stepping this one should be this one’s this one’s gon na gear up to be real, nice man, um Powell’s stepping is 18-0 with one draw with 12 Kos And uh you know this headline about it’s looking to end his polish Rivals, undefeated record in an empathetic fashion, as he kicks off the conquest for the world title so and then uh Ben Whitaker can’t wait to see this kid.
You know you know the uh eggnog 2020 Olympic silver medalist, so I can’t wait to see these guys in action.
It’S a big card, yeah yeah, nice, nice, amazing boxing up next week.
Actually, you know like the next, the next little while man, because you know we got the Canelo Rider card, we got the zero and Burton card.
We got Kim claval and Reyes card.
There’S there’s some there’s some great great uh great cards coming up in the next little, while also you know in may.
We also got uh Taylor versus Cameron coming up.
Uh uh, Terry Harper and Cecile uh brackets is coming up this one.
This is all the same day as the lomachenko and Haney, so they definitely got.
They definitely got their work cut out for the men, because lately these women, these women out here have been putting on shows yeah man they put on some shows and I’ll tell you.
What’S up with a few of these women cards coming up man, it’s actually quite exciting, uh, some of the fights actually better than the guy fights too yeah.
You know what I mean, damn it like: they fight they fight and they don’t turn it down.
They don’t say no right, yes, yes, they’re in there man and they’re, ready to they’re ready to bring it and you know and come on it makes it makes for a nice weigh-in right, 100 yeah.
You should step up the way.
Yeah man, the guy, said the guy should start coming out and freaking banana hammers, very speed eyes or something yeah man makes a little Speedo banana hammock.
Maybe maybe a banana hammock with a g string give a little turn around show off that ass and [ __ ], that’s pay-per-view pie is running one thing, damn it that’s pay-per-view wise for sure.
Well, on that note, on that note we’re coming up to the hour here.
Oh, are we always a great pleasure talking to you David yeah, YouTube Michael, is good man.
Thank you very much for the interview and your time.
Thank you to the fans.
Thank you to talking five and thank you to everybody for supporting me and uh pushing through my journey and uh yeah, we’ll be back um next time, like my upset for another interview for sure I’ll, tell you how things go in France yep another win and uh Yeah, like Mike said, the dangerous dog he’s back.
That’S right here, we’re working and we’re here to make a statement.
Yeah man well talking fight fans.
You heard it here, live from other man, David Julie, the dangerous Starkey back in the studio with me.
He will be fighting guys, May the 6th so make sure you uh keep your ear to the ground.
You’Re definitely not going to want to miss this, and you want to hear the outcome so definitely come back for the interview and join us and we will uh we’ll we’ll definitely break down this fight.
We’Ll bring some we’ll bring some fight footage for the next one.
How about that yeah yeah? Definitely my footage, we’ll uh, we’ll break it down, show some analyzing of uh of dangerous [ __ ] whooping.
This kid’s ass thanks for tuning in to today’s special episode of knuckle up with yours, truly Mike or and my special guest and the host of ringside talk David rajuli.
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