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EPISODE: Episode 1
Our group of panelists, including Tim Witherspoon, provide another weekly roundup of boxing headlines and an array of updates about upcoming bouts and boxers.
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Once again, here on the Friday night panel Mike core Neil, the deal grumpy, Graham here to give you all the news, previews Recaps anything related to boxing in the world um.
Let’S start off with a couple of the upcoming fights we want to talk about Mike.
You want to get us started on that level.
Definitely guys 6 p.
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It started.
Angel Fiero is on the pursuit of the great world championship and is eager to display his abilities.
You know challenge reigning champ, he’s gearing up to defend his WBO neighbor titles versus Brian ZEM zamirpa.
I think it is uh but yeah this one.
This is a great card.
I’M super excited for this.
One uh currently ranked number four by the WBO Fiero who’s 21-12.
With 17kos enjoys the advantage of fighting in its Hometown during the Mexican Independence weekend, so this is gon na be huge man.
This is going to be a ringside Fiasco.
I think I think the fans are gon na.
Go crazy for this uh in his last fight.
Uh to Cheryl displayed outstanding skills with numerous knockdowns, eventually achieving the seventh round.
Stop.
As you went over Eduardo Estelle um, this merch is fifth KO in recent six fights the streak he intends to extend against uh Samir pop, but who is 13 and one with four Kos, a fighter from Baja California, who enjoyed 10 consecutive victories after his single loss.
In 2016.
, uh returning to Tijuana after four years fills him with anticipation he’s ready for the fit uh.
You know for the defense of his fifth defense of his title in front of his supporters uh knowing his mistakes.
He feels prepare weird and resilient as empiric and vague.
You know his Readiness uh he’s been training rigorously, he’s aware of fear of his reputation, but you know the underrated man is eager to demonstrate his skills so guys technology in the occasion of Mexican Independence has added a certain strategy against him.
But you know a confident win after this.
His Focus shifts to joining the top ranked contenders so uh the evening Tijuana promises, the thrilling fights you know, Erica Cruz is on this card 15 and two with three chaos will be back after her previous fight with Amanda Serrano.
I touched all on this today on female Friday, I’ll knock it off guys and check that out.
Uh she’s challenged Melissa, Odessa, Parker who’s 6-1 with two chaos for the WBA Continental America super Phantom title and uh upcoming Star Kevin Barron, crispo uh 12-0, with 9kos guys watch out for this kid will experience a 10 round Fight For the First Time facing Christian uh.
Olivo uh Merida and he is 20 and one with uh 21 and one with seven Kos love it Sky Nicholson has made the travel 7-0 seeks to move closer to the world title and she’s fighting Sabrina, uh Maribel Perez who’s.
18 101 with two chaos.
For the interim w World featherweight title and uh heavyweight, fedrico pachico who’s 4-0 3kos will start the event on the Zone against Cardinals uh Cardenas, who is 4-0 with three Kos.
So what uh? What are your thoughts on this guys because Eddie hearn’s super stoked about this? One I’m sure he is go ahead.
Neil yeah yeah sounds like a big card Mike there’s a lot of uh there’s a lot of up-and-comers on that one guys that we’ve been looking at girls that we’ve been looking at, the women’s fighting has been getting bigger and better.
You know, as we know, uh and they’re getting a lot more recognition Graham had talked about them, uh expanding their uh minutes per round to some of the fights I guess are now going to be three minute three minute rounds and uh like I say this being Again, the Mexican Independence Day, that’s going to be a big big event there and uh, I’m sure it’s gon na it’s gon na go over really well and the fights are looking really good.
That’S it! I’M I’m thinking it’s a really good card, uh uh! Graham, your thoughts what’s uh, what are your thoughts on this one, I’m glad to see Eddie Hearn across the pond right right, it’s rare occasion.
No, no, no Auntie, hearing comments for me today: okay, okay, uh! Well then, I guess I guess we can move on and uh talk about the uh Lopez Gonzalez Louis Alberto Alvin, Benito Lopez, Mexico’s Top Dog in the federal division goes gloves up to defend his IVF World title.
The Arena Corpus Christi Texas tonight, yeah uh, uh, Gonzalez two-time Contender for the world title uh Lopez, the reigning champ for the record of 28 and 2 and 16 Knockouts is not new to the heat of the championship.
Uh, you know bring uh.
He brushed off early uh career stumbles against Abram, Montoya and Reuben Villa uh.
You know with convincing wins against Andy uh Vinci, an outclassing, Gabriel Flores, Jr and then riding high on his recent conquest of the ibf title from Josh Warrington, Lopez’s field up and ready for Gonzalez and he’s saying you know, he’s vowing to keep the spectators on their Feet exciting fight is what their you know he’s predicting it’s going to be a banger uh, stepping up against him Gonzalez.
You know packing a punch with his own record of 26 wins or three losses and 15 Kos uh.
Pro debut 2012.
he’s seen his share of the Ring ups and downs uh.
Despite a tough outing against you, Chris Stevenson Gonzalez picked uh himself up the feeding veteran Miguel, mariega uh and oh foxing, Enrique Vivas.
Now he’s got in for the victory uh with his mind and heart set on those.
You know thrilling words and the new Champion is right.
Quick, quick comment.
I’M pretty sure this is the one uh this.
This fight was uh the one that uh lee wood was uh commenting on because he was saying assuming he beat Josh Warrington he’s looking forward to uh fighting the winner of that particular fight yeah, I’m pretty sure he was saying that either yesterday or today, but anyway, That’S for our friends over in UK listening right now, that’s right! Undercut action, Xander zayas Prospect of the year uh.
What was it two years ago? Yeah the weight sensation.
You know he prepares to lace up his gloves for his first ever 10 round battle uh.
He set the lockhorns with Mexico’s own Roberto Venezuela Jr uh, serving as the high voltage co-main event for the much anticipated ibf featherweight World title clash between Lewis, Alberto uh Lopez and Gonzalez uh.
The Showdown is slated for tonight guys at the American Bank Center in Corpus.
Christi uh zayas a jam in Puerto Rico’s uh.
You know crowd of boxing Talent uh.
You know he Inked a deal with Tom Frank when he was just 16 and since kept his record spot listed 16-0 with 10kos.
He pulled off his Stellar 2022 um.
You know the kids, just the kid’s, just a monster Tim Witherspoon is starting to join us here.
He’S got his camera up, but we’re gon na bring him in what up Tim yo.
I got like 35 minutes.
Okay, no problem, there’s enough, there’s something else.
We doing I’ll talk to you about it.
We go okay, um yeah, so he pulled off a stellar 2022 campaign uh.
He claimed eight round uh eight round decisions victories over.
You know: lavallus, uh, Salazar and well as a fifth round technical knockout against espadas uh.
This past June he took center stage during the Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend.
Uh conquering uh, Ronald Cruz via eight round unanimous decision at the iconic Madison Square Garden.
Uh following an intense workout session in the heart of Miami, is highest Wade in with his thoughts, and he is saying he’s gon na pour his heart and soul into his preparations, and he promises to be he promises for it to be the landmark moment in his Career so he’s looking to make, you know, make a statement guys uh Venezuela model tested pugilist 24 2104 over 20 Kos.
You know he’s been on the pro circuit for six years uh and has thrown down challenging gauntlets against the likes of Alexi Rocca uh Solomon gisco um.
The list goes on 24 year old Mexican Warriors fresh off a third round, TKO victory over Daniel Vega.
This past April, what are you guys, thoughts on this one? Hey, okay, well, uh on this particular battle.
I have uh.
I wasn’t following it, but uh.
What I was gon na mention is that Tom Bracken could the main announced some signings, and in that vein I just wanted to mention in the heavyweight uh division scene that Tim’s joined us uh.
I was going to mention earlier that Lou de bella is on a bit of a signing spree lately.
I don’t know if you noticed that or not be signed, e-signed the heavyweight Joe Goodall, and then he signed Tommy Morris’s son uh, Mackenzie Morrison who’s also a heavyweight.
So he signed two heavyweights in the past week.
Sorry that was just a bit of an aside, but I made a mental note when you said the top rank had been doing some signing to make anyway good to see you again.
Yes, news good to see you been kind of busy right on go ahead.
Neil yeah, so we were uh talking a little bit about the uh Alberto Lopez, uh joette, Gonzalez, Luis Alberto Lopez, fight Mike.
We were talking about that.
That’S how we started off right yeah! So that’s going off tonight! Uh! I believe 11 o’clock uh ring walk Eastern Standard Time or starting 11 o’clock, something like that.
Mike 10 11.
, it’s a 10th degree in Eastern time, yeah it’s going yeah! So that’s going to be that’s gon na be uh.
I I featured that fight this week.
On my Showbox at 101 yeah – and I like this fight, this is going to be a real battle between two guys that are actually uh pretty comparable.
You know, there’s uh they’ve, both been in with some big.
You know big challenges: uh Luis uh Lopez has has done a fantastic job, he’s a really good fighter.
He controls the fights really well, um he’s a pressure fighter.
I like pressure Fighters.
Sorry sorry no worries my friend uh yeah, so I’m really looking forward to that Lopez, fight and uh joette Gonzalez man he’s he’s been in there with some big boys too.
Like I say they both uh, I mean uh Lopez was in there with uh, with Warrington and Conley.
You know what I mean and do I have been in there with Shakira Stevenson guys of this sort.
So I I see it going uh being a pretty long fight.
I don’t see it being a quick knockout type of fight.
I think both these guys are going to go at it pretty good and uh.
It’S going to be a really exciting time.
So I’m looking forward to it tonight, the rest of the card looks fantastic, like you said, Mike Omar Aguilar they’re, both facing off after bouncing back from the recent losses.
Um, we also got uh Jermaine Ortiz is stepping back into the Limelight uh for a 10 rounder.
After his fight with uh Lomo uh Brazilian Olympic gold, medalist, I’ve ever seen conceal uh is also ready to turn up the heat in his Junior lightweight, face off uh, be sure to catch Reuben Villa as he returns to the ring against Colombians and U.
S Olympian guys Tiger Johnson is making his third appearance of the year in a junior, welterweight, fight and discard here guys.
So you have this undercard pretty stacked up, also uh Emiliano Vargas of the uh.
You know that Vargas Dynasty will be uh.
You know keeping trying to keep that.
Oh 7-0, so yeah definitely great great great card a little bit of good news.
Um.
You were just going to talk about boxing.
I was going to tell you about Saudi Arabia.
They offered me to go over there, wow um, when, when Tyson Fury, fights uh that uh, what’s his name again, yeah and um we’re going to Muhammad Ali’s camp tomorrow to sit around and a lot of boxes and stuff and just talk about stuff.
So um he’s supposed to be fighting in what November October the 28th.
I believe so.
Yes, I’m scared to fly over there.
Why I’m scared to fly over yeah yeah? What is it about? What is it about 12 hour flight uh? Is this a direct flight? I doubt it, I don’t know you’ll probably be uh going through either Frankfurt or Amsterdam or one of the big hubs.
If I make the decision to go you should you should go, you should absolutely go.
You should take your camera with you.
You should get some footage.
You should do some live streaming from the event and uh.
You know.
Hopefully you mentioned talking flat.
I know you’ll mention your own channel, but hopefully you’ll mention talking bite.
Okay, it’ll, be I got ta, say it’ll, be a good Clash uh.
I don’t really know what I’m not commentating or anything, I’m just.
No, no, no, I’m just having a whole bunch of boxes.
Uh uh, coming out there, George Foreman Larry Holmes, everybody they’re going out there.
I just don’t want to take the flight go ahead.
Finish up.
I was, I was just saying you know if that, if that was offered to me, I would take it.
Um I’ve been I’ve been to Dubai.
I’Ve been to several Middle Eastern countries, they treat you well, they treat you absolutely they treat you well so so take take.
Take the offer to give them to you and do do some live streaming.
Uh.
Just don’t just don’t eat no pork! You can’t bring pork there.
You can’t bring a girl there unless you’re married to him.
You can’t bring a girl unless you’re married to him.
That’S what he told me yeah, you can’t you can’t bring stay in the room with a girl unless you’re married to them.
I like that kind of like and anyway it’s going to be a good, it’s going to be a good fight, um and there’s any and there’s some good undercard action as well happening.
So so anyway, it’s going to be a good fight.
It’S a bit of a distraction for the boxing World, quite frankly, uh to Tyson Fury.
I don’t know I in my opinion he should be stripped of his belts in the boxing world because he’s not he’s not going to step back in until next year, uh who’s.
He going to fight in the boxing world just the right time to get him if he’s not training hard, he’s training hard because he’s about to get in in the ring with the ganu and again, who hits and again, who hits so hard that uh he’s gon Na be he’s gon na be very careful.
I did podcasters, I did um.
I did uh podcasters with that we saw the video um and he was um.
Tyson was teaching them how to um the maneuver it did.
You see that when Tyson was uh teaching him? How to like maneuver, you didn’t see that Tyson is, I think, is going to be in this corner.
No yeah, it’s Tyson in negative’s corner something like that.
Well, he was holding the pads for him.
That’S what I heard I seen it yeah Mike Tyson yeah.
He was holding the pads um he’s about.
He knows about uh six, four, six, five right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he’s fighting him and we had to talk about um um size and which they do.
What should the shorter guy do to a taller guy and how the taller guy should uh what he should do to a uh, smaller guy and Tyson like the way he was showing them? Okay, he’ll do something here to step over then throw the punch.
I think there’s too much movement just to throw one punch, but all you got ta do is this boom, so so um ignou, whatever his name, is, might be too too uh too early for him to try to figure that out and Tyson.
If, if, if, if, if that pronounce his name ignu again, if he does that, if he does that, if he does that this, the turn and punch all Tyson Fury have to do is just step over each time and then Tyson Fury, all he got to do Is hit him in the body if he does all this movement, it’s touch him in the body.
You don’t try to hit him in the head, but all he got to do is just step aside.
If you do with Tyson the attaching go like this and step to the side, that’s all you got ta do is step over you’ll be out of the range what’s his name, Sugar, Hill right, but section ain’t going in this fight.
Unless he know you know he’s not going to lose it right, he’s in it for the money.
Okay, it’s a lot of money.
An awful lot serious, probably tons enough to buy a private jet I’ll bet.
Oh, you could buy a private jet for what 20 minutes yeah.
Okay, okay, three private jets, Tyson Fury has made it known, uh and he’s he’s a big boy, but yeah.
He counts on leaning on his opponents quite frankly, but if he gets a clip like Deontay Wilder clipped him if Nagano is going to knock him out.
Quite frankly I mean you think.
So it’s not going to be an easy fight.
He hits with the force the the equivalent.
The equivalent of his Force apparently is like a Ford Fiesta coming at you at 60 kilometers an hour, that’s the kind of force he hits with Wow right, yeah Tyson, Fury uh what he does.
He hits and grab, and somebody even though he’s successful somebody long time ago, should have told him just hit like like if you hit and grab go back into action right after the grab grab that big bang instead of holding for long periods.
A lot of the fans don’t like to hold for a long period.
You go home but just grab for a little Split.
Second, because you don’t want, if you hold for a long time that it gets boring like like, don’t, grab and just hold and walk around grab and do something that makes it more exciting.
That’S what I teach the boxes that I train just grab a split.
Second, then Bing Bing yup yeah, you think so you think Tyson might lose.
You think Tyson might lose taste and Mike Tyson was training them.
No, no Mike Tyson was chaining there, the guy um, trying to get him ready.
He looked pretty good.
You look good pretty good, but that’s his first fight against his uh Tyson Tyson Fury in boxing too right.
I think I think Tyson funeral is named.
Jon Jones is his next opponent.
I can’t remember, but I think, like he’s already looking down the road like he’s already, he doesn’t, he doesn’t Tyson Fury doesn’t care if he loses to Nagano, but okay, you know realistically he’s in it for the money now.
All I was saying earlier was with respect to boxing is, in my humble opinion.
I think he should be stripped of his titles or just just admit that he’s no longer uh, you know in the running for a heavyweight, champ anymore and let someone else take over, especially you know when you’re talking about a short guy versus talk.
I remember I remember when uh music was fighting uh Joshua on that first fight and I picked Joshua because he’s bigger you got longer reach, but you six schooled him on the inside.
So you know, I think, that’s the way you know Tyson Fury’s got to look at this as well like a guy who’s, a big boy, with a heavy punch and and Tyson Fury.
You know he got knocked down a few times by Wilder.
So I don’t know why he’s not taking this more seriously than he he should be.
He should be taking this very seriously.
Well, at the press conference he seemed pretty damn serious, okay give the guy who respect yeah.
He knows he knows that he can hit uh.
You know he knows that he’s a dangerous man and Tyson Fury has told everybody that he’s not taking it lightly.
So you know hopefully he’s training hard yeah, but let’s hope we can remember the stuff that Tyson was showing them once the bell rang yeah.
I hope we could remember because it’s a short period of him learning this stuff, so yeah yeah, um, hey, let’s see right, yeah, well guys, no disrespect guys on on that level.
Just quick before I before we go on to the next topic, you guys made some really good points there.
That’S the thing! The way I look at it, too, is, if he’s not going to participate as a WBC heavyweight champion in the world, and he wants to play these uh sort of uh circus games.
I guess you call them I I like.
I don’t.
I think it’s a disgrace to the to the the other boxers that are actually in the running to to get that title.
You know like it’s.
It’S kind of it’s kind of like why, like Graham, was saying, why is he not just either relinquishing it or uh like? Why are they not forcing him to to defend it right, um, yeah, there’s something up there to me.
I don’t understand that and and personally, as Tim said, I watched this guy fight a lot and honestly Tim.
This is just my opinion.
He’S not very good I’ll.
Tell you there’s many many fighters that Tim fight, like I’m, not even going to go through the list and Tim knows and guys of his ERA.
This Tyson Fury guy, wouldn’t last three rounds with these guys.
Not even close.
You got plenty of heart, but left the skills is not he’s got plenty of heart, good yeah, no he’s he’s got hurt, he’s got, but his real his real skill set is not very skillful.
To be honest and, and like Tim said, he has this thing where he just loves to hold on and grab after he throws punches to me.
That’S sort of that is like that’s like a dirty old trick.
You know whatever was taught he never was taught inside.
So go ahead, he doesn’t, he doesn’t do well inside the telephone booth.
You know what I mean right right so yeah.
He learns and he’s as big as he is.
He just kind of throws himself on you and, like Tim says, and yes it.
It becomes a boring fight, literally, it becomes like just like a mauling match of some kind of, and you know when he was fighting while they’re sure exactly Wilder hit him a couple times and knocked him out no problem, and he did have a couple of times Where he almost didn’t get up like it was close too right moving forward.
You know what’s happening with him: he he realizes honestly that there’s a bunch of guys in the heavyweight division, as we all know right now that could probably you know he won’t make as much money if he ends up on the canvas every time you know what I’M saying so, he wants to stay away from the guys that are coming up and there’s four or five of them that we could go through, that they can easily easily give him a really tough time.
So I don’t.
I don’t really like him as a heavyweight champion.
Never really did I think a guy, like Tim will say, like Lennox Lewis would probably school that guy you know.
Okay Lennox will probably school that guy there’s, so many guys Tim himself would school that guy Tim.
I have to be in shape, though, when you were in your Prime at his you know and doing your thing you guys he got a lot of hardness basic he’s basic with some of his combos he’s basic yeah.
He doesn’t have a whole lot.
He doesn’t have a lot, but I I give him credit with the heart and again we got hard and um his following his following the Gypsy yeah, all the gypsies behind him, so sure yeah, you know but again like how.
How would he do up against say? Evanderer, you know in his primer.
How would he do up against guys even Mike Tyson? I don’t think his defense is is the greatest and I think that that’s where he would fall.
I think that’s where he would fall, because his defenses is is really not good.
You know he’s big and tall.
He moves out the way he holds any grabs and he grabs like hit him with that.
Jab and it’d be like he wouldn’t even be able to get and then it’d be over.
You get the job yeah.
If you, if you remember, if you remember in his fights against Wilder and his laid around you remember yeah, I was his arms were dangling, I mean he, he wasn’t, he wasn’t, he wasn’t defending yeah, he doesn’t even defend.
Sometimes his arms are down at the sides and he’s like literally down at the sides yeah and I’m thinking this guy.
You know I mean I can see the other guy’s tired too.
You know like they.
They really they really give it gave.
It gave a lot of effort to that point, but you’re still in a you know in a title, fight and your hands are on your sides.
I don’t you know I just can’t.
I don’t see that stuff really.
I think that if Dylan white didn’t get hit with that uppercut, it would have been that would have been a harder fight for Tyson, Fury, um and if Dylan white would have got a little bit more help.
I think it would have been a really interesting fight.
Interesting fight because Dylan just come in the same way he gets hit with that uppercut all the time.
If you were to block, I think Dylan white uh got plenty of hard.
He would have really really made a big difference um if he didn’t give those uppercuts yep speaking of the heavyweight.
So it will be it’ll be interesting to see it doesn’t.
Look like uh Deontay Wilder is going to be able to fight Anthony Joshua and it looks like Eddie Hearns trying to find someone else for Auntie Joshua to fight as early as December um.
So I kind of have to wonder what uh Deontay Wilder’s next move is going to be uh.
There’S not many left and he’s quite old um.
How old is he 31? I think he’s 39 yeah he’s not 39.
Deontay Wilder time flies.
Is he 39? I can double check that as we speak, but I thought he was pretty old, big guys with the long arms and they making money these days.
I wish I was in good shape I’ll come out with no cuts on my face, a lot of gals, hey man.
If I would have, I didn’t really have to we going to Ali’s camp in March.
We’Re gon na have some fun all the boxes coming in, and man about what the chain like abandon.
Holyfield, oh didn’t, want us to lift weights.
I’M just looking back saying.
Damn.
I was like that I probably just be retirement yesterday.
Sorry he’s 37.
, 37; okay, that’s kind of old.
No I’m saying it’s kind of old! Oh I don’t know he.
You know if he hasn’t fought.
When was his last fight? Oh, it was Fury.
Wasn’T it I’m pretty sure, I’m just saying he’s only fought like three times in the last four years or five years, another fight after Fury, yeah, I think he’s only fought he fights like every year and a half two years or something and that’s another thing with These guys, just quick that I just said that is I’ve been realizing like guys were fighting Tim, will tell you like Mike Tyson the first year he came out.
He fought 15 times the first year, wow yeah yeah.
You know, that’s just an example.
It’S different.
I’M sure it was nice or whatever once a month almost twice a month.
Yeah guys would be fighting eight ten times a year.
You know – and these are these are world champions fighting eight ten times a year, yeah these guys fight once every two three years.
That’S because Mike Tyson, that’s because Mike Tyson ended it all in the first round yeah yeah.
What do you think is the money? Is the management? What do you think in the heavyweight division you were thinking? The promoter would have them right back because in any division, almost right yeah, but do you? What do you think you think the promoter will have him go back in as soon as he can? What you think well, I would hope so.
Okay, isn’t that why you’re doing what you’re doing uh, okay, okay, climbing that louder I mean, but nowadays I mean, did you guys? Did you guys see the pricing on the uh on the Canelo fight for tickets yeah? Did you see that I did that’s ridiculous? How much 1500 bucks? No! No! It’S! Okay! Here! I got it right here.
It starts at five hundred dollars and the the most expensive seat in the House, 31 000 dollars – and that’s at the T, that’s at the T-Mobile Center and uh 31.
, I’m not paying.
If I had it, I wouldn’t pay it.
No, no! I love them.
I wouldn’t pay it.
Oh y’all know: okay, he was moving up to like well he’s moving up from 154 to 168 to fight that Canelo, I think, is that right, if Canelo wasn’t busy going around being the Champ talking to people like doing events like just talking he laid off, then He lay off a little bit.
You could see when he get back into action where he’s a little stale uh, but if he was still going in the gym every I don’t know if he’s still going to enjoy, but I’m just thinking you know he’s made his money.
So now he’s going to go, do a little going around talking and not train as much now he’s coming back to fight uh this cello brother right back in the day.
I think that um that he’ll get Shovel but the day now because he’s been running around you see, he’s been running when he trained, but he’s a champ got all that money.
You just like anybody at the champ.
You know to me.
It rested up, not training.
Good in the past, Canelo was always uh and even today, but yeah, but he’s always been accused of uh picking and choosing his opponents.
A lot of a lot of the uh big, well-known critics.
Uh an analysts and commentators in boxing have said the same thing.
You know Canelo has gotten his numbers uh by picking and choosing very carefully and now all the time from the beginning from the outset: okay, uh, that’s why it doesn’t have a perfect record, nothing wrong with that, but uh.
But this German, El Charlo fight’s gon na be interesting and and Canelo was saying just the other day.
Uh he’s a little upset at what the Charlo brothers are saying so he’s saying after he beats Jermel he’s going after jarmel.
So there you go so I I do.
I do like that he’s in the same shape as he was like back when we seen him like before before he uh, you know is like when he had to well.
He had the title now.
There is one thing about uh, Canelo I’ll say he he does put on a good fight.
Okay, he is, he is entertaining to watch sure, but typically picks uh specific styles of Fighters he’s fighting anyway um, what’s Styles is out there.
I just thought about that.
What’S out there, you mean to go, there’s nothing out there.
I mean it’s it’s you know they’re in good shape, I’m just saying: Styles: okay, okay, short guys! Okay, I I I keep my Styles real, simple, there’s, there’s either there’s either boxers or there’s punchers? Okay, that’s the only two I ever talk about um, but but then guys you know much more than I do.
Uh can define a style with much more clinical Precision than I can uh yeah.
They let defense a lot these days.
A lot of you see everybody going down so and everybody talking about defenses, I thought I’ll tell you, as as Mike uh can certainly attest.
I mean the women.
Uh are certainly demonstrating it uh.
You know what I would call grit determination, Valor Integrity, all the words that I really want to hear from a boxer, regardless of his style uh.
The the women in the boxing ring these days are really showing uh the men uh.
You know it’s not about picking and choosing it’s about taking every opportunity.
That’S given to you and doing the best job.
You can right right, Mike yeah yeah, oh yeah, there’s, there’s a there’s, there’s a great girl, matchup or sorry female match up on the zepeda card.
Tomorrow, but before we move to that one, we got ta talk about the Pedrosa card and Cardone uh Cardenas this one.
Honestly.
This is the kind of cards that I like it’s on tonight, 9 30, guys uh.
Only a month after uh Alexandro Santiago became the 90th Showbox Alum to capture a world title uh San Antonio.
For a second time here we go in the series 22-year history, uh, Samson, lewitski, Samson boxing card features, six hungry prospects uh who are ready to trade leather.
In all these kinds of matchups man um, to be honest, the triple header that we’re gon na get to see on on TV here on on Showtime, the combined record boasts 88 wins two draws 54 knockouts 88 wins oh combined, combined for the Divine three, the triple Header, so those six Fighters all combined have 88 wins.
Two draws 54 Knockouts uh honestly, you know, Showbox has been one of those series, that’s been taking prospects and turning them into contenders, and definitely this card is full of you know six six matches that are geared up to just you know: they’d be trading leather man.
That’S that’s.
It’S gon na be a great card.
So definitely don’t you know, don’t not watch this one check it out guys it’s definitely great Showbox.
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30.
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I know we’ve had a lot of fights on tonight to talk about right.
We’Ve had we’ve had uh.
Sorry, excuse me just go by City yeah, you know we got.
We got this.
We got the Fiero card that started 6 p.
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The Pedraza one this one’s starting at 9 30 and then we got the Lopez Gonzalez.
It’S gon na start at 10 p.
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So there’s lots of boxing on tonight to watch plus plus it’s not even listed, but on USA fight uh Jerry Forrest has taken on Robert Hall Jr on a card there, uh a bunch of guys who were up and coming a bunch of new prospects should definitely Check that card out, if uh, if you can’t get any of the other ones, uh tons and tons of fights on today, we missed some uh there’s been some outcomes already uh in female boxing uh Vicki Wilkinson uh took on Christy Hill Christy Hill won the Commonwealth Uh, the Commonwealth boxing Council super feather uh.
It was vacant, uh, Ashley, Pettigrew uh.
She lost to Nicholas uh, stoyanova and uh.
You know, there’s there’s been some great great cards already today, guys so there’s lots of boxing.
Then, tomorrow, let’s uh where’s that where’s that you mentioned Jerry Forrest, yeah hoodie, last lose to for all of our English fans out there.
Big baby Anderson Jared Anson beat uh Forest last time last December last December second round, and that was for the WBO International heavy vacant.
Title yeah, Madison Square Garden, so just thought I’d throw that in there probably yeah.
Can you do that in there? So then, we get to tomorrow tomorrow, man, uh Golden Boy, zapeda uh, just uh this one – I you know 9 p.
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Zepeda who’s 28-0 24 Knockouts will defend his WBA Continental America’s lightweight title against the resilient Mercado, no mercy guesta, who is 34 3 and 3 with 17 Kos uh this one’s Mount City in Philippines, the 12 rounder uh.
This was is gon na generate fireworks for Mexican Independence Day too uh zapedo was last seen headlining on April 29th, and it’s spectacular second round knockout of Jamie uh arboleda uh that you have defeated a common foe, Joseph JoJo, Diaz Jr, and yes, that is returning.
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Uh it’s Mexican Independence Day so and boxing go hand in hand um.
So you know the CEO Golden Boy, Oscar he’s he’s he’s he’s totally geared up for this one uh in the co-main event: uh Vancouver’s, Victor L, Victor L, tornado Morales, who is 18-0 and one with nine Kos will defend his WNBA InterContinental feather title against Mexico.
City’S Edwin uh pupo polymeras, who is 1842 9kos in a 10 round fight Morales, was last seen pulling off the upset of his career against Diego de la Hoya last April 29th uh in a sensational launch that captured him uh.
You know that literally shot him through the through the rankings, so this one is paid a WBA Continental America’s Life.
Title holder, uh this one’s gon na be good.
I’M super excited.
I like watching this kid every time he’s in there uh, you know also you’ll cast The Valley, uh ibf and WBO minimum yes sitting on the top she’s, definitely sitting on the top, so good um yeah shout out to your cast of Valley, uh who’s.
Definitely uh! Gon na make make some waves tomorrow when she gets in the ring, I mean she was supposed to fight somebody Shields uh Shields.
I I haven’t heard if she’s running very soon Clarissa, I thought I heard I thought she was.
I thought she was injured.
Okay, I might be mccaskill, I want one of those two I thought was yeah.
We getting old, we getting old, but I’m going like this too, but it’s interesting for those who don’t know.
Uh Commerce Casino is actually a place called Commerce.
California, so it just goes to show you, like Oscar De La Hoya, probably has his hands full with Ryan Garcia, quite frankly, yeah in a pretty heavy duty legal battle going on right now.
So it’s good to see his company still putting on these great fights, especially for Mexican Independence weekend yeah, especially for the uh.
You know what they’re arguing about [ Music, ] they’re, basically suing them back and forth they’re, seeing each other back and forth.
Okay, uh! It’S it’s a legal battle.
Uh Ryan obviously wants out of his contract um, and I I guess it boils down to money, because, if Ryan’s, not gon na fight uh for Oscar De La Hoya, I don’t know who he’s going to fight for, but I’m sure to be uh.
Part of me who knows at the moment for sure yeah he’s a money draw yeah.
He actually is he’s got a kajillion uh followers he’s money in the bank.
Maybe MVP will sign him yeah yeah.
Well, apparently, he made 30 million dollars in his last fight against tank and he lost it’s a nice loss, yeah 30 million right.
So yeah you guys be on the lookout for this one.
It’S good uh yeah.
She should win this one she’s taking on uh Maria santizo who’s 11 and three uh her last fight uh centizo.
She fought um, Gabriel, Gabriella Fedora uh and she yeah she lost that one uh unanimous decision, so she’s, looking up Valley, yeah she’s, when she’s coming off that uh that great fight um against uh, Jessica, Salazar uh, the 10 round unanimous decision win.
That was great.
So you know that’s gon na, be it’s gon na be fun to watch this one also uh.
The undercard on this one is uh.
Is a bunch of new up-and-comers man, a bunch of great prospects, uh Eric priest, uh, Darius, fulgrim, Alejandro Reyes, uh, Daniel Garcia.
These guys are all you know up above five, you know, but they still have the rose.
So you know 6-0 10-0.
This under cards.
These guys are looking to you know.
You know, keep that oh make a statement be seen, guess what Mexican Independence Day, uh Commerce Casino it’s gon na – be it’s gon na be awesome.
This is gon na be a great a great event, so boxing Saturday is going to be awesome.
Yeah, I’m waiting for that to pay to fight I’m looking looking forward to that I’ll.
Tell you yeah, yeah that’ll, be that’ll, be a good fight for sure.
Zaped has been uh been very, very, very, very, very well.
Every time he’s come out like what is he Mike 28, no yeah, 28, no 24, Knockouts yeah, so he’s uh, he’s he’s he’s got he’s got a good chance.
You know what I mean to move up.
A little bit here and get closer to that uh that heavy that championship belt that he’s looking for obviously Monday Monday, I’m looking forward to a card that I hope I can watch um and I really hope I can watch uh.
It’S it’s in Japan, um uh, yeah, ariki Arena, uh, kotoku uh, Ken Shiro Tajiri is taken on hecky, Butler and uh.
The co-main event is June, uh junto nakatani.
So both these guys are making big waves uh.
In that light, flying Superfly division did Jerry, he’s got the crown wbawbc nakatani he’s the WBO World Superfly uh and, like I said man these, these Japanese got to be watching out for them and uh on there.
Man they’re ruling they’re ruling those uh lightweights man.
They can throw a million punches they’re super disciplined.
They got hurt they.
You know you got.
You got minimum guys, knocking people out like look at some of their records.
You know all these wins.
It’S crazy! It’S crazy can’t wait great.
I hope I can watch that.
One definitely some uh some great action over in Japan.
Absolutely.
I wish I wish somebody would pick it up and uh and show it more because uh, you know it’s it’s great boxing.
You know they’ve been producing world champions over there for a long time since early 1900s, so they have yeah absolutely.
Is that Titan Titan is that taking boxing Tycoon attack him it’s a big one over there.
I think I believe they’ve produced over 32 world champions.
If I’m not mistaken, yeah that I mean boxing is huge in Japan and we tend to ignore it yeah and you’re.
Absolutely right.
I mean the uh, the flyweights they produce and and the uh, I’m gon na, say the animosity that they show against uh, whether it be the Filipinos or the Vietnamese Fighters or Tycoon.
They don’t like them.
They don’t like them.
They don’t they don’t like each other.
They’Re great, as as much as we hear the the jibber jabber between the the English and the Americans or the Americans, the Americans, I mean the the Asian guys they hate each other too.
It’S great to watch uh.
If you catch it.
Some some of the uh commentary uh if it’s in English, and sometimes it is on their Wayans, for example – do me a favor so anyway, so it is, it is.
You know I mean uh.
We hear her talking fight just to deal with a South African company to live stream, a lot of their shows and they’re going to be moving into other countries to show uh North American European audiences.
What what’s going on in Africa right now, because again, North American European audiences tend to ignore what’s going on in other parts of the world when it comes to boxing, especially at some of the bigger promoters uh, if not the quote-unquote biggest promoters, um so uh the Same thing in Asia, I’ve been saying this for a while.
So to your point Mike, I really do hope that uh, we as one of their suitors, are able to pick up some of their fights as well and stream them to our audiences that go around the world so that these Fighters aren’t just recognizing their home countries.
But I get that Global exposure that they need and want and desire and deserve yeah.
Definitely exactly because I had a quick question for Tim, uh Timmy there yeah yeah, I was just wondering: where did that go? Where did I go yeah? Well, as long as you can hear me, I just had a quick question for you.
The last couple weeks were you able to see that Chris Eubanks fight uh over there in England uh did you? Did you see the Eubanks fight? No, no, you didn’t see the Eubanks fight.
Did you see the Christian and Billy fight last week at all here in Canada? You hear about him Christian and Billy.
No, oh okay, just curious messing up, I’m messing up and Billy and Billy’s going to be a World Champ one day soon.
Watch out for that guy I got ta check him out, though I got a joke, pretty good, hey guys.
He looks great.
He looks really good.
You know he’s kind of uh he’s kind of uh you’re, bringing him up the right way.
I guess they.
They say: hey Tim, you know what I mean like they’re, they’re they’re, advancing him uh.
You know slowly.
I guess because I would like to see him because, like like I keep talking about on the shows all the time I I see very few people with defense encountering back um a lot of big shots hitting the deck all um constantly.
You know um so like what you’re saying I would like to see him see what he got.
Yeah he’s in the super, middleweight Division and uh he’d be fighting guys like cannot like the guy’s.
What Mike they got.
Canelo plant yeah he’s ranked six right now in the world in the super middle of 1436.
, uh Sal, Alvarez, Benavides, Andre Ryder and then him so yeah right under him.
Though you got dear rochenko, plant Morel, uh, shishkin, berlenga and uh uh and then and then agamedov and pachico and malacusive.
So it’s it’s a it’s a stacked good division.
I’M 15 man, yeah Neil! Let me ask you a question.
You you mentioned Chris Eubank, Jr uh.
There’S been some rumors that uh Connor Ben wants to get back in the ring and that’s the fella he wants to fight Chris Eubank Jr.
Do you think that’ll happen because of what’s going on with uh chronic band they’re too far they’re too far apart in weight? Connor Ben O’Connor’s heavier right well, plus plus he’s facing a variety of different drug allegations, but oh Connor, Ben, okay, the sun, okay, yeah yeah, anyways yeah.
I heard Still boys anyway.
I just heard that you know uh Eubank still has to be careful.
You know he had the Fantastic, spectacular outing.
The last time out.
He looked like a new fighter, I mean uh yeah, he looked really good in there and he was an underdog too a Tim right.
No, no did you talk about Connor, Ben or no.
I didn’t see that one I didn’t see it yeah and uh.
He he had a spectacular uh, spectacular fight and uh, and now he’s sort of got a second wind or third win.
Whatever you want to call it and Connor Ben would be a would be a big challenge for him for sure fighter.
So I don’t I I don’t know if they’d want to actually put Chris in there with him right now, who knows maybe yeah, there’s a 12 pound difference between the guys right, like you know, he just weighed in at 160 pounds and benzo Ben’s a 147.
all Right, hey kind of been can punch his ass off though.
Yes, he can it’s because it’s because of the female fertility pills he’s taken.
Oh that’s right! Yeah, let’s make his nipple sir [ Laughter, ], hey! You want to send somebody up there bring him.
Are you ready right, I’m always ready, lock and loaded Canadian in you, man, yeah man, so come on over hey the Hilton Brothers left a really hard thing for like anytime, you say, Canadian, you say, oh God, because the Hilton Brothers they didn’t back off and nobody.
I keep saying that on the show yeah.
So when you say that I say: okay, you ready to rumble.
Let’S get ready, Big Brass Ball.
Are you ready for the the the news of the night? Oh absolutely, let me preface this by something that Tim’s familiar with and perhaps we’re all familiar with, but we’ve had it on the show.
Oh, probably, a year ago, a fellow by the name of Paul Johnson, now Paul Paul Paul has been uh, commenting as as often as he can about the need for a union yeah with respect to in particularly so listen, listen to this so um um.
We all agree: they’re they’re, that once a boxer retires he’s pretty well left to his own devices, to what he’s gon na do next uh.
So there is, there is a need for uh, you know a group so anyway, I just thought I’d.
Let you know that there is an organization called The Ring of Brotherhood Foundation, okay and they have just joined forces with the WBC to Aid athletes in need, and it’s very interesting to read the press release um.
The Ring of Brotherhood Foundation is pleased to announce his most significant Alliance to date, as it’s worked on alliance with the WBC to continue his mission to Aid athletes during and after their careers, so uh.
What about what I found very interesting uh about uh this? This organization is they’re having a conference uh upcoming uh, and it’s something that we’ve often talked about.
Okay, they’re gon na have a a Gala event in in California, and that’s going to be preceded by Sports and brain health.
Symposium that they’re hosting so uh.
These fellows are obviously uh.
You know, they’ve got they’ve, got some Heavy Hitters in their corner and they’re doing the right things for boxers and for the boxers uh careers when they retire.
So I just thought I’d.
Let you know that it’s uh, you know.
Sometimes we get uh carried away talking about purely boxing, but there are things happening behind the scenes, all the time, whether it be promoters whether it be managers, but in this case there’s an off-for-profit charitable Foundation.
That’S been established to help boxers after their careers have been finished.
That’S very important yup.
I like that so yeah, that’s uh.
That’S very uh humanitarian! I like that.
That’S really awesome yep! It is one one of the uh original uh symposiums.
We had.
We used to have uh symposiums back when we started talking fight uh, we call them special episodes and we’d invite people to come on and uh.
You know we were talking a lot in one of these symposiums about the house about the health and sales safety issues facing boxers in the ring and when, when referees should should quite frankly call it or whether a coroner should throw in a towel.
For the benefit of the boxer, who may or may not realize he’s injured or she’s injured, and a really good example, actually talking about the heavyweights is, I think it was John Fury.
Tyson Fury’s father, who recently said Deon P Wilder quite frankly, is facing a lot of health issues and he’s not just simply admitting to them.
So I I have to wonder whether the reason people aren’t stepping up do you to fight Deontay Wilder is because they do not want to be responsible for what they do to Deontay Wilder in the ring.
If, in fact, it’s true what John Fury is saying about him and his skull being a little soft and I’m using um, you know those aren’t the right, proper medical terms, but um yeah.
I I have to wonder if, if one bloated, Deontay Wilder’s head will be the end of his career, if not his life, so I I feel I feel I want him.
I want him to retire.
He’S made enough money.
You said that before in the show I have and I’ve I’ll say it again, the reason he got into boxing uh was to to raise money for his daughter’s Health bills.
He certainly achieved that goal.
So now he should quietly and honorably step aside and and and and and let these other young guys take over, listen, I’m going to get ready to go.
Okay, yeah, no problem.
Thanks for joining us Tim appreciate it.
No, no problem, I’m getting ready to go um.
If any fights uh try to send me the links and stuff – oh my God, I’ll send them okay, I want to thank everybody.
Thank everybody, for I want to thank you guys for having me on I’ll, be looking forward to next week.
There’S a lot of stuff.
I’M doing we’re going to Saudi Arabia, maybe – and I hope you do I’m going to Muhammad Ali Camp I’ll, tell you guys about it tomorrow and um.
Thank you very much.
Okay! All right! Thank you.
Thank you.
Tim see you next time any word on the Tommy Morrison thing you were talking to him a couple weeks ago.
They just took.
They just took a little interview from me and um and and know the people from England.
They took the interview they trying to do something: um, probably right, yeah, yeah, they’re doing something about um, so um his wife can get some clarity and stuff or something like that.
You know yeah right and that he didn’t have AIDS and somebody killed him.
That’S what it’s about all right, daddy, didn’t have the age and somebody must have killed himself.
I’Ve heard I’ve heard this too.
Yes, okay, all right! I see you guys.
I love you guys, talk to you later all right! Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, I guess uh.
It was time to wrap it up.
Well, I I hope he does go to Saudi Arabia.
If I was given that choice I would go.
I know I’d be going for sure, so that’s unanimous decision from our panel uh and we hope we uh supported him in his decision if it is a decision to go um because I you know, despite the the shenanigans that Tyson Fury pulled, I really don’t understand The guy – but you know I I guess when you get that much money in your bank account if you want to understand them, go to Netflix watch his freaking uh reality show and you’ll see it his brain.
His brain is all over the place.
Man.
He is the adhdocd, Mr depression, the whole nine, so really yeah yeah he’s uh.
It’S it’s a train wreck, wow yeah.
He might run into a train wreck.
If you know what I mean yeah, I don’t know well like I said I guess that guy that guy, that guy throws throws cinder blocks at you exactly exactly so.
I don’t know if here he’s gon na if he gets popped with a couple of those I don’t know, I will see people we’ll see, but we have fight.
We have fights to watch now, so we’re gon na do that.
It’S all the Talking fight fans, thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode of the Friday night panel of yours truly might or grumpy grab kneel the deal and two-time heavyweight champ of the world.
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Maybe the scorecard knockout of the week might wait till Monday because of the Japanese fights so we’ll have to see because they’ve been uh they’ve been doing some great big knockouts over there.
Every time I watch so guys stay tuned.
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