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EPISODE: Episode 4
Our group of panelists, including special guest Tim Witherspoon, preview this weekend’s fights and provide another weekly roundup of boxing headlines – including updates about boxers from the past – and share current events and news with the many fans out there that enjoy the great sport of Boxing!
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[ Music ], damn yeah, [, Music, ] hello.
There, boxing fans around the world thanks for joining us once again on Friday, night panel, of course, by Tim, Witherspoon, two-time, heavyweight champ Mike wars in the studio with us and James Hagler as well from Boston Massachusetts.
All right Mike, I believe, you’re gon na start us off with uh.
Some upcoming shows yes, yes, we are we’re gon na talk about some upcoming matches this weekend.
Folks, we got some good ones for you, so stay tuned.
Well, we uh.
We talked about it.
Um yeah we’ll go one by one and we’ll uh, we’ll break down the card and then we’ll discuss and we’ll keep going.
That’S gon na be great, so guys today not really much going on in the world, but tomorrow we have Ben shalom’s.
Boxer is going to have this wonderful billum Smith versus Chamberlain card Chris billum Smith and Isaac Chamberlain are about to get underway guys.
I can’t wait to see this one happen.
Uh on this card.
We have this.
One is for the Commonwealth boxing Council Cruiserweight title in the Ebu European Cruiser, and this one is scheduled to get under case 2 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time, um also on this card uh on the undercard.
Here we got Joe Pickford, is in action against Raphael.
King Joe Pigford profiled this guy, on my show, I believe, a couple of times over the last couple of years watch out for this kid, Joe pinkford is 19-0 looking to stay undefeated and then in action.
We also have Mikhail law who’s 15-0, taking on Chris culo adino.
This one can’t wait for this one, either guys man, honestly I’ve been following this kid, a little podcast I was trying to get um you’re not going to want to miss folks right on the podcast.
Now also call me on a podcast, I’m sorry, a good friend Jimmy who’s, a boxing promoter, we’re trying to come on and Jimmy Cartman just give me a minute: okay, okay, yes thank God.
There are UK cards back on.
That’S right, Carl! Thank God! We got some great UK action underway man.
Yes, like I was saying we got Chris billum Smith headline in this one, along with Isaac Chamberlain, and this one is for the cruiserweight titles, Commonwealth and European.
Yes, Joe Pigford in action on that card as well, along with Michaela Frazier clerk looking to stay undefeated and improve to 2-0, and we also got sorry.
We got that no no problem and we got Stephen McKenna also looking to stay undefeated guys as he takes on [, Music, ] and uh yeah, and this one’s going to be a great one in the welterweight division.
Also, we got the debut of Ben Whitaker, taking on Greg O’Neill guys.
Caroline Dubois is up uh in this one, looking to stay, undefeated and move to three, and always she takes on Happy Dowdy and hasim azim who’s 3-0 is taking on Jacob Quinn and this one you know this card.
I can’t wait to see this one guys um.
Anybody know what’s going on with these guys anybody looking forward to these matches like I am to be honest.
Graham sorry, can’t hear you brother, because my dog was barking and I said I better turn off my mic.
I’M looking forward to Ben Whitaker yeah, we were talking about him last summer, uh a lot and uh his dad was a big fan of our show and said great things about him.
Uh he lived up that expectation got the silver medal and uh.
You know.
He’S entered Pro ranks so let’s see how he does that’s what I’m doing.
There are other fights as well, but I just thought I’d mentioned that yeah definitely uh Ben Whitaker.
You know um, he goes on the record.
You know pressure makes Diamond, there’s been a lot of talk and Saturday.
I have to back it up and I believe I will so this guy is ready for it man.
He was ready for July 2nd, but has given uh.
It has given him more time to develop no more time to learn my craft and more time to matures a professional uh he’s been out in Miami and let you know let him really focus on uh finesse and polishing his skills that he already has so guys.
Be on the lookout for Ben Whitaker to make a statement when he debuts tomorrow, night or sorry tomorrow afternoon, 2 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time, you know we got Caroline Dubai.
Also she’s also been learning and been doing great in the gym uh.
You know these fights that are helping her get ready, uh, you know to doing it under the big lights man improving day in and day out in the gym, so she feels that she’s come Leaps and Bounds from when we’ve seen her last time, man she’s been Getting a lot of sparring going on in the ring and she feels confident about her ability to perform and come through with a big victory.
This Saturday uh also Stevie, McKenna him and his brother are very competitive.
You know he got knocked out last time.
He was out so he went to go, get the knockout on Saturday night, so he’s he’s definitely going to make his statement as well also Mikhail law like watching this kid man he’s been out of the ring for a little while guys, but he told his team.
He needs to fight someone, so get him ready, so he’s ready man he’s ready to do it and obviously you know Hashim azim uh.
He trains with an amazing stay table and it’s amazing to be around them.
You know Chris Williams, Smith is the main event and uh well he’s on the undercard he’s the only he is the only young and now he’s just getting the experience a few years down the line.
It’Ll be the main event he will be in so guys be on the lookout for this wonderful card.
That’S going to get underway, starting 2 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time, guys um.
Definitely this one’s uh, this one’s gon na be a good one for the books.
Man, I’m glad to see some nice UK boxing has returned this weekend.
As Carl has mentioned it.
You know it’s uh.
It always makes for a good weekend.
We get to see some UK fights early in the Saturday afternoon right uh.
Anything you guys want to add before we move on to the next card.
What’S going on this weekend, uh I’ll mention that uh there was a fight going on down in Uruguay um that I mentioned in the news this morning uh.
But I guess you haven’t noticed that one, but you you would just bypass and said: oh there’s nothing going on tonight, there’s a decent card going on down in Iroquois uh tonight! Oh really! Yeah! Oh! Okay! Well, I’m sorry, sorry guys! I’Ve totally passed over that! I guess I guess there are some great times tonight: foreign [, Laughter, ], okay, well, I’ve been I’ve been uh, just told that I was wrong and that there are fights uh tonight.
So definitely I can’t wait.
That means I got something to do tonight.
I’M not just gon na sit here and watch car shows.
I’M gon na get to watch some boxing excellent, excellent um.
I want to touch base on the premier boxing championship card man.
We got Danny Garcia, taking on Jose Benavides Junior uh.
You know the two Division World Champion and Brooklyn fan favorite Denny’s, hoof Garcia will make his super welterweight debut against exciting Contender, Jose benavidez Jr in a 12 round Showdown that headlines, a stack triple header Saturday July 30th live on Showtime from Barclay Center in Brooklyn guys.
So be on the lookout for this card man.
This one is getting underway at 9, 00 PM Eastern Standard Time at 6 p.
m, Pacific and we’ll also see polish star and Brooklyn all action, Adam konaki, returning to the ring to take on Turkish Olympian Ali, earn um.
This wasn’t scheduled for a 10 rounder in the heavyweight event, so this one’s gon na be good man and Gary Antoine Russell faces two Division champion: uh Bartholomew in a 10 round Showdown to kick off The Telecast guys.
Uh can’t wait for this one.
You know we’re champion at 140 and 147 Garcia, who is 36-3 with 21 Knockouts owns one of the Sport’s most impressive resumes, as he now seeks to add a 154 pound title to his list of accomplishments.
He returns to fight at Barclay Center for the ninth time, where he headlined the first ever boxing show at the arena in 2012.
In his Showtime debut the Philadelphia natives run through the super light.
Division saw him defeat a string of Champions, including Eric Morales, Amir Khan, Zab, Judah, Nate Campbell.
The list goes on guys as a welterweight.
The 34 year old added triumphs over Lamont Peterson uh Robert Guerrero uh, defeating Guerrero for a vacant title in 2016.
Garcia’S campaign at welterweight included narrow defeats to some of the Sport’s most talented rugged Fighters.
Keith Thurman Shawn Porter in the unbeaten unified Champion, Earl Spence Jr.
Then we got the 30 year old, Benavides 27 1kos is the old I’m beaten two-time world champion David benavidez and is trained by his father, Jose senior a long established Contender benavidez moved up to Super welterweight in his last fight after dropping a 147 Showdown to Terence Crawford in October of 2018, Benavides fought Francisco Emmanuel Torres to a drop last November.
His first action in just over three years.
The Phoenix native has previously earned wins over contenders, such as Mauricio Herrera and Francisco centeno and Frank Rojas and his win on his way.
To that world title opportunity against Crawford guys, uh big one, big big fight card here, man, honestly, I’m looking super excited to this one 33 year old, uh, kuanaki, who’s, 20 and 2, with 15 Kos returns to the friendly confines of the Barclay Center, where he has Previously fought 10 times, compiling a nine and one record with five Knockouts born in Lomas Poland before moving to Brooklyn uh, where he was seven um, you know he will step back into the ring after dropping a pair of explosive fan-friendly fights to Robert helenius, who owns Victories over former world champions, Charles Martin and former title Challengers, Gerard Washington and Chris Arreola uh.
You know his August 2019 battle against areola at copy box records for uh heavyweight and combined power, punches thrown and Landon.
So that was a huge one guys and then you know we got the Olympian from Turkey demarism uh, who is 16-1 with 12 Knockouts, has fought out of Hamburg, Germany in the professional ranks, since turning pro in late of 2016 and this 32 year old won his First, 11, Pro fights, including a second round stoppage of uh rad Rasheed, to capture the European heavy title in 2018.
uh.
His first US outing came in 2019 when he became the first person to go the distance against FAA jagba.
You guys remember that fight, because I know I do losing my decision since that defeat uh.
The reason um has scored five Street victories, including defeating uh, Gerard Washington and Kevin Johnson.
In May you know, and then our man, you know a native Capitol Heights Russell Gary Anton Russell who’s 15-0, with 15 Knockouts will be continuing on that Legacy left by his late father, Gary senior as he belongs to one of the sports, prominent fighting families and trains.
Alongside his older brothers, former WBC featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr and Phantom weight Contender Gary Antonio, the 25 year old Russell has yet to allow an opponent to make to make it to the final Bell since turning pro in 2017, following his run representing the U.
S at The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics most recently Russell added the most impressive professional victory of his career, thus far as he became the first person to stop former Champion Victor pastel in their February Clash on Showtime.
If you guys remember that one um lots lots going on here, guys Lots going on there’s a great card um we got some young hungry and undefeated kids coming up on this one as well uh, so be on the lookout for this man.
We’Ve got Sergey, devachenko is on this card taken on Josh Conley and we got Vito Malecki Jr, taking on Jimmy Williams, just some uh some other names to talk about on this card.
Uh.
Let’S discuss it a little bit guys before we move on to the next one.
Where do you want to start? I mean I’m lost in space.
That’S same, we got Danny Garcia, taking on Jose Benavides Jr, oh yeah, you talk about Danny.
I trained with I trained in the Jim Williams, a really nice guy, you know um and you can see I’ve seen him real, quick I’ve seen them uh coming up and you know different gems, and then I think I was training that with one gym at for A period of time, uh seemed to be a nice guy, quiet, um and, and he boxes real good throws that overhand right.
I don’t think he got it from me and if there was a good Left Foot Right, I don’t, but I don’t know about his opponent.
That’S what I keep saying to you Mike uh, hey man, I got ta, try to get it in, but I will start watching the fights boxes.
They’Ve been forgetting [ Laughter, ], yeah they’re.
Getting.
Oh definitely.
You know.
There’S a couple of boxes.
I’Ve talked to like wow a year ago.
He was all right now me yeah, it’s unfortunate uh, Carl, that one begins in your country uh.
I believe that one starts at 2 A.
M.
Man that uh, that Garcia and uh Benavides card gets underway in the UK at to 2 A.
M.
For you, uh, that’s unfortunate, a fight, yeah yeah! That fight will get underway Eastern Standard time, so we’ll be able to check that one out and then we have.
We have this one too man we got uh, we got Josh Kelly versus bastita um.
This is another good one: yeah Kelly yeah Josh, Kelly English right, Josh, Kelly’s English Asian English right, Josh, Kelly yeah.
It was a triple threat of of title talk.
You know Josh Kelly, Harlem Eubank, Pat McCormick, all promise Sensational performances to propel their rise to the top as part of a huge night of free to Air boxing on Saturday Night Live and free to Air in the front of terrestrial television audience um WBO International Super Welter Championship will be on the line at sunderland’s.
Kelly has the opportunity to make the stadium erupt in front of his own Northeast, faithful, um, argentinians Lucas mestito, who is 18-1-1 with 10 Knockouts question the size and uh physicality of his opponent at the press conference and promised to take a win back to his homeland.
Uh, with an entry into the world rankings, they’re incentive for both Fighters, uh, thus guarantees to be the icing on the cake of a stacked night showcasing the areas, unbelievable Talent, uh yeah.
This is a good one.
I’M I’m fairly excited for this one guys uh.
We got Harlem Eubank, Elliot Chavez, you know Harlem Eubank, 14-0, taking on Elliot Chavez, who’s 11.
4-1.
This one’s in the super lightweight division, uh, Hosea, Stewart, 2-0, looking to stay undefeated against Franklin ignitus, who is 4-0, and then we got Pat McCormick love.
This one can’t wait to see this kid back in Action.
Man, Pat McCormick, is taking on Dimitri Treno uh, who is eight one and oh, so this is definitely gon na, be a showcasing or a step up fight for Pat McCormick uh, who we’ve definitely profiled on this, show before and talked about him uh Aaron Chalmers also Want to know taking on somebody that has not been announced, as of yet so we’ll see uh what’s going on with that one, but this is a small card guys this one t white, Argentina, tyt Sports, United Kingdom channel five.
This one is uh gon na get underway at.
I believe this one is getting underway at 8 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time.
Oh, no, sorry, 8.
P.
M.
2.
P.
M.
This one’s a 2 p.
m, car guys, sorry, 2 p.
m.
Eastern Standard time is getting underway, so be on the lookout for this one.
I can’t wait.
I’M super excited guys.
We got lots of boxing on terrestrial TV in the UK.
Yes, that’s right, Carl, that’s right! So we got lots of action, guys lots of sports.
For you guys to watch lots of fights, hopefully lots of Knockouts, because you know what we need them for the Sunday show man and Tim, I’m loving the Hat there, I’m loving the Hat, oh no, no, I’m just trying to just do it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So what else do you guys want to talk about the world of boxing any any new uh? Any new things? Graham, I know you’ve been away for a week, uh basking in the sun.
Staying away from the box.
Oh he’s on vacation yeah, oh yeah, look at the sun he’s got man, his hair doesn’t even look yellow anymore.
Oh, it feels like a movie star.
Go ahead.
You know like a movie star got.
This he’s got the George Clooney going on okay.
What is you in Canada yeah that I was in that Portugal and Spain for a while um, not much boxing activity down there I’ll tell you um one of the things that I wanted to just quickly mention.
It was reported today uh that they finally announced the broadcast rights for the Jake Paul show, which includes Amanda, Serrano, show, okay and uh, and and and it was interesting to note that the pay-per-view fee has actually been a decrease from the disowned fee of 79.
99.
To a Showtime fee of 59.
99, I think that reflects the fact that Jake Paul is not as popular as he thinks he is and does not command the big dollars that oh crime heavyweight yeah.
I just want to make make note of that on tonight’s show.
Well, that’s uh! Well you sound as popular as he thought he was eh, not and uh.
You know the interesting things and they’ve got some really really great talent.
Replacing this show some really great talent behind the show uh.
But at the end of the day I was gon na say what’s in front of the camera that matters games.
Okay, I see him Rockman yeah, I was gon na mention, I think Jake Paul’s gon na get beaten.
A lot of people are swinging.
That way.
A lot of people are swinging that way um.
He has improved I’ll.
Tell you that much from uh from some of the training videos that I’ve been watching, uh Jake Paul has stepped up his game a bit.
Man he’s looking a little more Fierce, a little more uh, a little more polished, as as, as you can call him, you know, he’s I’m not gon na call him a boxer uh, but as a as a YouTuber who wants to learn how to box he’s.
Looking pretty polished uh for what it is, but I how long am I gon na call him a boxer because he’s not you tell him that Jake Jake Paul yeah, I’m talking about Jake yeah, he’s he’s been looking forward.
He he’s been looking kind of sharp.
You know yeah, he is, he is looking sharp I’ll I’ll give him that he’s uh he’s definitely working on his power punches um.
You know you can see it.
He posted all over social media, so you can see, but he had no Hard Road.
He ain’t had no Road of going up it.
Just all was quick um it.
You know it was all quick and everything and and I’ll be surprised.
If somebody got a lot of experience, I think definitely probably can get him because he usually in there all the time dang it he just came in Fast and doing it, but he might could he might could pull it off.
All I’ve seen from him is that big overhand right, so you know [ Music ], throw it on the video or something you know what he must have been watching.
Your tutorial videos is that it, Maybe so is he fighting again he’s fighting again right, yeah he’s taking on uh haseem Rockman Jr.
I see Rockman yeah yeah right.
What about you know, one son that lives in Philly? Is that the same guy? No, the one that lives in Philly is uh musan, kaison, all right, that’s right! He better not mess on him on the show.
Here’S an interesting Factoria um.
We we had the Zab Judah on the show uh last year and it Zab judah’s, father, yoel, Judah who’s.
Actually, training man Rockman, oh no one in Philly or the one who’s going to fight.
No, the one, that’s fighting, oh zap, judah’s father has been teaching husband, Rockman, Jr, wow, that’s interesting, yeah! That’S! Definitely some interesting news, Florida Brothers.
Having that Boston issue, [ Laughter, ]! Oh man, um honestly, did you guys hear about um the argument that started between uh Russell Jr, it kind of escalated? No, no! No! That’S unclear what started the argument, but Gary Russell Jr escalated things when he said he was tempted to smack the 25 year old.
Former WBA interim super featherweight Champion Colbert uh yeah this one uh.
This one almost got pretty crazy man, um Yuri Russell quote you’re out of shape Crisco there, hello quote: I came off the block.
Let’S go to the gym and Spar whenever tomorrow night, whatever for three months since my surgery, I smack a mother right now, cold air Mike when you get healthy, I’m sorry Mike yeah, I’m sorry yeah.
How can we get the greatest Matchmaker in the world on our show uh Liam Mohammed? How can we get on this is? How can we get him on how to okay get his email get his email address? You got a phone number.
How about a phone number? Oh, I don’t know Eric, we have a producer, I don’t know now, could you do it by phone number yeah our producer says our producer says yeah.
We can do it by phone number.
Can you send it to me and what’s that yeah just text me text him the number in WhatsApp Texan number? What’S that yeah? Does he have WhatsApp? Oh no, he don’t have to get you got.
What’S that uh Leon, you don’t no! Okay! I can.
I can text him the link.
Okay, he can text him the links to his to his number right, yeah yeah text, Eric you have to say you have to send me his number.
You have to send me his number.
I got ta.
Send you his number okay, I’m gon na, send you I’m gon na.
Send you Leon they’re, going to send you a number and you click it, and then you then you it’ll be on your phone.
Okay! You coming on man.
Try to get on! I’M gon na give them your number right.
Uh hang up and get ready, so I got his number I’ll give you the number hold on.
I need my glasses.
You don’t mind me doing this right.
No, no go ahead.
Go ahead! I’M gon na get Dion.
Okay, one eight six, two, eight eight [ Laughter, ], okay, it’s one, eight, six, two, eight four, six, three, three, four one: there we go somebody else’s, that’s it, but he using somebody so get that charm and and he’ll be right on.
So we can continue talking.
But this guy can talk, I’m telling you excellent! You never met him.
You never heard of him right nope.
You never heard me on right, no, no yeah! So Chris Colbert everybody use some Mansion together.
That’S excellent good! We can get you on so yeah, so so cold there and uh and and Russell are having words man and uh.
Honestly, it’s pretty hilarious man.
Russell says three months since my surgery, I smack a mother right now, polder says when you get healthy Russell JR says I don’t need to get healthy.
I can smack a mother now go there says that’s not happening like I said you want to fight.
Do it uh he’s just doing too much talking, I’m always in shape to fight uh mother.
My gym is: I’m always ready to fight yeah, whatever we can go to Gleason’s, I’m not like that back and forth man.
So this is pretty good if you guys ended up seeing it uh.
Definitely uh turned out to be a little heated, and that was during the Garcia Benavides press conference.
If uh, if you guys were watching that man, it was pretty great, it was.
It was pretty great uh, yeah and anything else.
Anybody want to add in boxing I’m ready to talk about it.
Let’S go um, I was noticing the, but no, no you nobody said anything.
I was saying.
I just noticed that the the undercard has been announced for the usick Joshua fight here.
Go your govik versus uh Zhang, it’s a another another heavyweight Clash, that’s a big one! I noticed that Carl chin did and said.
Uh show time I believe who yeah oh Skye.
Sky had won the pay-per-view rights which is interesting because Anthony Joshua who’s managed by Eddie Hearn wanted the fight in England originally and music said no, I’m doing this for the money.
So that’s why the fight’s taking place in Saudi Arabia and Sky Sports when the pay-per-view rights so Money Talks, posting clocks and uh.
There’S another decision made taken away from Eddie herner, laughs, okay, but they trying to gain confidence or something about.
Maybe you know for the fight and everything uh they want to fight in England, uh, maybe um, I’m just saying you said, I’m a fight anywhere, but they find where the money at.
But why would they want to fight? And I know they want to fight in England, but is there a reason? Are they are they nervous? Are they scared, um money wise? What you think is Anthony Joshua come on our show.
We could ask him but um, but I I really think I really think it has something to do with the hometown crowd uh, that he wanted behind him uh and he thought he could fill a stadium in England uh to the same degree that Tyson Fury can And I don’t think that’s true, I don’t think that could happen.
Uh.
I think Eddie earned probably made a wise decision backed off a little bit, especially if Joshua loses.
I mean if, if I was to was to have been held in England and was to be broadcast by The Zone and Joshua lost Mr Hearn would look very embarrassed.
I would say: well, I think that he needs a backbone um.
I do believe I’m just saying.
No I’m talking about Anthony.
What I mean is, is that I’m nervous, I don’t know if it’s his fault, but I’m guarantee you the skills, bring out the confidence.
It makes you a tiger.
It makes you confidence, it makes it.
You know that you can get out the way that punch.
You know you got blocked they back they don’t they don’t have a lot of that.
That’S one taste in the spoon that they don’t have.
I don’t care.
I went over to England and knocked Bruno in their territory because I had, I believe in my skills and and all those people I think they’re fair and they need they want to stay in.
They want to stay in the UK.
That’Ll give Josh yeah all my balls around, but I showed America I showed the world, I went in somebody else’s backyard and the skills helped me through that gave me the confidence.
I do believe.
If I didn’t have those little skills it would.
You know, I think it would have been less aggressive and stuff like that, so I do believe he lacks that and that’s in his mind people.
They really don’t know because they don’t know they don’t know that, but they, but they want to be home and give them confidence and send me somewhere, I’m um.
So you got my opinions.
He would have so much more confidence anyway.
I’M knocking them and – and I think him Church – oh no [, Music, ] you’re two-time former Harry chapwell, my man Kim, was hey baby welcome! Welcome Leon! How are you, how are you welcome so good to be here at 79, so good to be here? I understand what I’m saying he’s still we can hear you Tim Tim Champs Leon’s here.
Oh he froze for a second Leon’s ear.
Is here he’s got he’s got to pull that camera away from him.
His skills and stuff is, is he’s not giving them he’s, not giving them a lot more confidence he’s confident, but that excuse thing over there will hit that we’ll hit that home run.
You know that little bit of giving that engagement and he don’t have that you know that plays a little part in that fought before and that does I was confident when I went over there.
I was confident when I knocked brought out not not be so good.
I wasn’t confident when I lost when I when I lost the Bone Crusher the second time, because I thought, if I wasn’t I just like boom and it was other fights, I wasn’t calling Larry Holmes.
I was confident I didn’t care.
You know like that.
So that’s what we like in the boxer right.
He know he can go be so far, but then, when it gets tough, that’s when he he goes backwards.
You know, that’s it.
I could see it funny thing is: is you know the Zone had just signed Joshua to fight on his own and then they lose his first fight deal to Skye.
That’S uh! That’S pretty incredible! Carl thanks for that little tidbit there I love Joshua.
It’S a shame with guys, I know little these things and they they don’t want, no help, they make the money.
What are your thoughts? What are your thoughts on Joshua usak too? Who do you think he’s gon na win it? I I believe that I believe that somebody probably might be trying to show them tight defense and drilling that right hand is a whole lot more to it.
Um I do believe if you just keep his detail and bang, he could win that fight.
I believe he could, he could have won the first one.
He could have won the first one.
It’S so sad, you know, so I do believe he coming back.
If he come back um.
If he does the same thing, I think yourself is going to outplay him and do it you know, but I can also notice that Joshua was everywhere.
I don’t know if he was training it, but he went, but it seemed like he was on on the tour or something um, but but now he’s trying to train train a lot harder, I think um but um.
He needs those little things.
I was talking about that would make him more confident, but you might see a replay yeah.
I don’t know, I don’t know how much you’ve been out there.
You know going here going there.
You see him on the internet and Twitter and and um.
So I just don’t know man what’s the best for him, though me too, I’m picking you sick, the trainer.
Oh, you asked me a question.
I ain’t answer and I said real quick.
I believe he could win.
If he going in keep his detail boom, he could win.
I I hope I hope we see a different Joshua than the last 30 man.
The last Saturday looked like he was an aspiring match.
It didn’t look like he was ready to bring it um yeah.
You know for, for his sake, he’s got to come through with the victory here.
Uh Tyson Fury says: he’ll come out of retirement to fight him if he wins well for free.
Well, I’m gon na tell you A lot of that money, all that money and stuff it makes you soft.
You don’t know Hopkins I’ve seen him tonight at the Atlantic two nights ago.
He was shot, he was attacked and when I was in Camp he was in shape time.
He was a show and he he’s out.
There he’s got money and everything and he’s going out of shape when you get that money, he kind of text and go here and go there you’re the champ, it’s very few boxes to stay busy like boxing too oh yeah.
You know I I just he was here and there on TV and he was in Florida training.
He was down now in California, train right.
He was in California um, let’s don’t hope the money and stuff slow him down it.
It motivates some people, though money.
Well, wait.
We, you know what we need to motivate getting Charlo to sign the deal against benefits.
That’S what that’s what I like to see uh! You know trainer Jose better, be the senior yeah Jamel Turlock.
You know he needs to stop talking and sign.
The damn contract is what uh David benavide is.
His father is saying and uh you know: undefeated Charlo um is the one that’s uh Jose senior wants for his son uh, the former two-time WBC 168 pound champion benavidez who’s 26-0 23 Knockouts to fight next again yeah Charles said uh.
That Benavides is one of the guys he would like to face next.
However, he has also mentioned that he wants to fight Golovkin De La Hoya, Andre and Eubank Jr as well, but Showtime president Stephen Espinoza says that benavidez is the easiest one to make of the fights, so you got to get it underway.
Man and honestly Charlie’s got to stop sleeping and just sign the damn contract and fight Benavides get it done.
You want to fight the man.
The fight is able to happen.
[ __ ] sign the damn contract.
I was about to really swear there, but sign the damn contest I caught myself, oh but yeah.
He needs to happen.
Man.
I want to see each other’s better videos get in there and get it done.
Man, Charles says he wants him, so he might as well sign the contract and get it done.
Man.
That’S that’s.
There’S there’s a lot to do in this right now for a lot of boxers.
Just this ain’t, Mr dress up.
This is not Finnegan and I’m not Casey we’re not getting that done.
Let’S get it done.
Man sign these contracts and get these fights happening.
I have to wonder whether it’s simply because you have guys like Tyson Fury who have set the bar with respect to monies being paid out to boxers, and I think guys like Charlo, are sitting there saying I’m worth just as much.
I mean these guys have egos, as you know, and I think those egos are now talking, and I think I think back in the day when when Tim was fighting uh, you know he was paid.
I mean I’m every telling us to make 300 000.
I think it was to go fight.
Uh Bruno, like that’s, not a lot of money.
These days is it I mean you know these guys won’t get off their couches for less than a million bucks.
So you know now now they want 80 million.
I’M gon na share the the pay-per-view rights.
I don’t think Charles those in that position to be making those demands, but I’ll bet that’s what his Camp is: making demands for they’re.
Probably it’s probably money.
You know at the end of the day, all this crap nowadays just comes down to money and it comes down to promoters protecting theirs.
You know they’re all trying to protect their own they’re, trying to protect their.
You know their cash cows and honestly, it’s just it’s.
It makes for a bunch of pre-madonas a bunch of guys that just you know, are hiding behind their hiding behind the fact that, oh well, you know I’ve got this option and this option I’m just trying to figure out what the best one is.
You know what the best option is: get your damn ass in the ring and fight.
That’S the best one like that’s it.
That’S the only one, I’m tired of these guys.
Just chirping.
You say you want the fight to happen.
The fight can happen, you’re just not signing the contract, so you know what sign the damn contract charlow.
What are you afraid of before you get your ass whooped like? Is that it? Because that’s what it seems like if, if we can bring it down a level uh, you you’re a fight.
While I was away uh here in Toronto, yeah you were ring tonight I mean was the action just as exciting at that level of competitions, as it would be at any fight when you ringside, when you were ringside, the action is incredible when the fans, when the Fans when true boxing fans get to sit there and watch two people get in the ring in a combative Sports competition and battle it out to see who the best is, it doesn’t matter who is in that ring.
It is exciting.
It is exciting all the time, especially when you’re live ringside and let’s give a shout out to Amanda golly, who broke her hand in the first 30 seconds.
First 30 seconds of her fight yet continued to fight to the last now yeah.
Honestly, honestly, she dominated she dominated with her left hand.
I was at that I was there.
I was ringside man, she dominated that.
I have video footage.
I have pictures.
I have slow motion shots that girl ate eat that boxing glove man.
Let me tell you: Amanda, Gully really put on a hurting on on this girl man and honestly, I don’t know how she didn’t come up with a unanimous decision win over this one for sure, but yeah shout out to her man.
Real Warrior breaks your hand 30 seconds into the first round, and just continues right through ends up with a split behind her ear.
I believe it was in the seventh uh that one went eight rounds, man that was a great great night of fights.
To be honest, uh shout out to Lee Baxter putting on a great uh a great, a great fight, great event, man and what a great venue Rebel entertainment complex in Toronto.
Canada definitely a great venue if you ever travel to Canada and you have an opportunity to watch a boxing event put on at this location.
Believe me, you will not be disappointed, spend the money watch, the fights the a venue is great, A great venue Toronto.
I just asked Tim: if he’s been any fights lately, you you’re at the 2400 a couple months ago, but yeah what any fight? What’S the? What’S? The latest fight you’ve been at Tim.
When was the last fight you were at uh.
I don’t know [ Laughter ].
Oh man, foreign, okay, well, unfortunately, I guess Tim’s internet’s cracking again.
We got close to Shield Savannah Marshall, going Toe to Toe again, that’s coming up.
Yes, yes would you say we were just wondering uh.
What was the last fight? You were at Tim and any good fights that you saw sitting ringside uh, like you know, you’re invited to all of them.
Do you? No.
I can’t can’t hear you.
You were breaking up there.
Tim yeah, maybe shania’s uh downloading something in the background.
Hey.
What did he say? What did you say? I said: maybe you should downloading stuff in the background.
But what did Graham ask me, he asked you if you see what when was the last fight you were at, did you see any good fights lately? Did you see any good fights? No fights? No, I’m just saying: did you see anything? No well Tim.
What do you tell us why you’re getting ready while you’re in the gym you you got an exhibition match coming up? Don’T you yeah against um Leo um, the uh, the uh boxing coach of Rocky boxing up in Berwick, New Jersey, he’s about six foot four, you know um, so he has an amateur show on September, the 10th up in Berwick, PA and um.
He said why don’t you, let’s put on the um, let’s put on the um exhibition, so we’re gon na have to go in there, I’m in shape, so I’m training just like a regular fight.
I’Ve been running uh 30, uh, 30 minutes uh, but hitting four or five rounds on the heavy bag.
Um I’m gon na start doing the hammer.
My weight is down to 142 for the first for 140, the first time in 25 years.
You know so I’m I’m.
I’M gon na try to go to 35 and that’d be close to the way I was when I was fighting so um.
We’Re gon na, promote and promote it and everything and see who all come out and see it um.
But if any, the reason why I’m training too, just in case they asked me to do an exhibition with somebody else, I’m all right, I’m gon na keep my DJ um, I’m gon na take a chance.
You know if I’m in shape, I’m not gon na.
Look for it, but if, if somebody had that, I’m in shape – and they want to do it hey, this is going to be the best fight in my our best exhibition of my life, because I’m a guarantee, I’m gon na keep my defense tank and I’ll punch And just see feel it one more time before I hang them up for the for the rest of my life.
Really, you know what I think I think Tim.
I think we’re gon na have to make a trip down to see that one.
I think we’re gon na have to make a trip down to see you in the ring brother.
I think we’re gon na have to sit right, not the one exhibition, not the one um like yeah, not the one in Buried yeah, I’m talking about the exhibition.
I’M thinking if this is gon na be the last time you get in the world.
I think we’re gon na have to make a trip, and then we have to come see you for sure.
I’M down I’m down to make the journey I’ll, make it [ Laughter.
] your internet broke up.
Tim didn’t hear you did you guys hear that uh Andy Ruiz Jr? What was that [ Laughter, ], yeah, Andy, Ruiz, yeah, Andy Ruiz? You know former unified heavyweight, champ uh.
You know he’s in the perfect position right now to earn a second world title shot if he defeats the 43 year old, Luis Ortiz in a WBC Title Eliminator September.
The 4th, which is uh gon na, be on Fox Sports pay-per-view at the crypto arena, in Los Angeles uh.
The higher ups with the world boxing Council must really, like you, know: Ruiz who’s, ranked number five uh who’s, 34-2 and 22 Knockouts for them to sanction his fight against the number eight Ortiz, who is 33 and two with 28 Knockouts as an official title Eliminator with Their organization, you know Reese, has a large fan base in the US, which obviously helps when it comes uh.
You know to him uh getting to getting the express straight to the top of another world title shot uh in a perfect world where we should have had to fight at least two quality heavyweights, uh Deontay Wilder Joe Joyce for him to become the WBC mandatory.
To now retired Champion Tyson Fury instead Ruiz is getting an easy, easy path.
Fighting soon to be 44 year old, Southpaw Luis Ortiz in a WBC sanction title Eliminator.
There are four contenders ranked about uh about Ruiz in the wbc’s top 10 that are arguably are more deserving to be contesting in a world title.
Eliminator not only has Ruiz been largely inactive since losing his ibf WBA and WBO titles to Anthony Joshua in the rematch of December 2019, but he’s not fought anyone of quality uh and then choosing to face 40 year old Chris Arreola last year in May, after sitting, Inactive during 2020 and then Ruiz says he deserves a third fight against Joshua after losing Tim, but the British heavyweight has what’s uh, what’s left of his sinking career on the line against ibf, WBA and WBO world champion Alexander usick, so you know, Joshua has really gone Downhill as a fighter since 2019.
At this point, the chance is Slim that he’s going to regain his lost belts against usick uh.
Without those titles it makes it pointless for Joshua to face rubies again and after all, Ruiz is fighting the old-timer, Luis Ortiz in the WBC Title Eliminator to fight for a belt, not against a guy, with a guy poised to lose his second consecutive fight.
He can now, or he can one drowning.
How can one many drown survive receive another? This is it’s crazy.
It’S uh! It’S it’s a little a little hard to grasp onto, but I don’t think I don’t think it should be happening.
I don’t think uh.
You know Ruiz should be be on his way to another title shot.
To be honest, I think that’s uh that’s way out of line.
Not tonight.
Pardon me.
That’S hype, yeah, Andrew Andy, Ruiz yeah.
So if he beats Luis Ortiz uh -huh yeah yeah, so that’s uh.
That’S what it is man and then Tyson Fury is interested in Derek to do it.
Uh chisora, Trilogy in December, says Eddie Hearn.
Have you guys heard this? No, I haven’t, but of course right this one uh, you know Eddie Hearn, says WBC heavyweight champion.
Tyson Fury is interested in facing 38 year old journeyman Derek chisora in December.
It’S unclear whether the world boxing Council will sanction the fury Trilogy as a title defense for Tyson or if they’ll, reject the matchup uh.
The Champions are supposed to defend against contenders, not second-tier Fighters which uh is kind of what shizarre is uh.
The sanctioning bodies are supposed to prevent champions from choosing uh to make a mockery of their Championship status by picking and choosing Dreadful opposition instead of top 15 contenders.
Ideally, the WDC, strap or strip will strip Fury of his title anyway, because he’s been telling everyone he’s retired.
So if Fury is kidding around with the retirement bit, he needs to publicly tell the fans and the WBC this, because it doesn’t look good for the sanctioning body allowing Fury to sit on their WBC title as if he’s kept uh as if it’s a Keepsake without Defending it against ranked contenders if Fury wants to fight second tier uh fodder like chizora, he needs to do it with without the BC the WBC belts in his possession.
That’S uh! That’S what they’re saying so! There’S a lot! There’S a lot going on! There’S a lot of talk man I’m going around in the boxing world – that that’s that’s gon na help, unclog that heavyweight division yeah.
Honestly, what I’d like to see really I’d like to see Joshua regain his titles and then Fury fight Joshua for the Undisputed? That’S? What we’d like to see to be honest, but we all know that it’s probably not going to happen like that, which is unfortunate.
So again, the heavyweight division goes without an Undisputed champion, since what the three Belterra so again again, we uh we get to see it.
How long does Tyson Fury have to hold on to that belt? Since he’s announced his retirement um, you know what I’m not sure how long you have to uh.
I’M not sure Tim.
Do you would you know anything about that about the WBC and and what they say he retired right he retired he retired, but he keeps messing around saying he’s going to come out of retirement so well.
The belt was laying dormant somewhere, I guess, or whoever got the championship, got it if he like, if he retired, then somebody else he he has to.
I guess make a deal to come back and fight it again, but somebody else either had that belt or is up in limbo.
What you think well, according to him.
Well, according to everybody, he still got it he’s still the champ.
You can keep the belt, but if he officially retired, that means he might.
That means huh if he officially retires.
That means that belt is up for grabs, and then that means that Andy Ruiz and and Louis Ortiz fight for the WBC Title Eliminator could actually see one of those two sitting on that belt.
Soon.
Are you serious? They give you a call, and then they give you yeah.
They give you a duplicate, but yo Fury keeps playing around saying that he’s retired, it’s all a game.
It’S a game! It’S it’s part of his! It’S part of his game.
It’S a party hit his psycho.
It’S it’s part of him faking and getting all in that you know in the heads of all the other competitors in the heavyweight division is what it is.
It’S a game, that’s what he’s playing that’s! What Tyson Fury does he plays games? He gets in people’s heads.
You know he’s gon na pop back out after this USAC Joshua fight.
He doesn’t want any part of usig which, which is unfortunate because you know it would be.
That would be.
You know for me that that would be the next.
The next step, like let’s take on usik, let’s, let’s undispute these titles and let’s have me wearing them all for them.
You know what I mean.
That’S that’s you know that’s where I’d like to like to see it.
Go yeah fair enough whoa, since I’ve ranted and raised for all this time, uh we’re coming close to the end.
No! No! No do you have any idea what uh James he was just gon na pardon me who don’t want a part of you said Tyson Fury.
Doesn’T want, he has no interest in fighting Tyson.
Fury has no interest in fighting usig, but he said that Joshua.
I I think it’s because he doesn’t.
You know too much high risk.
Low reward is what I think it is a high risk fight.
I think is, I know I don’t see where everybody think of that.
Honestly, I don’t think I I think I think Tyson Fury versus USIC would be a great fight um.
I I would say Tyson fight with the right person.
That’D be an easy fight for the right person behind uh Joshua.
That fight was easy for him in the beginning, bigger, stronger yeah.
If he did the right thing the fight would have been.
I don’t think I don’t think it would.
Last long, I ain’t trying to take nothing from from uh Yusuf but um and he’s a hard fighter to fight, but yeah Joshua had the right tools he he.
I don’t think he would Joshua’s a bunch.
He was.
You know.
I think I think the whole downfall in that fight was the fact that Joshua just wasn’t listening to his corner.
He was not listening.
His Corner, don’t know nothing though Mike it’s Corner, don’t know nothing well, they do, but they they couldn’t take them past.
That thing, that’s what it was.
You know.
I don’t blame him because he don’t have the right people I blame him for, but he don’t know he needs help.
Somebody that know hey man, this guy helped you this guy helped you.
I don’t know everything, but I’m just telling you I was over there with them guys, man, right and and and and the good people, but but you know in terms of getting somebody to train him and stuff like that.
Hey, I seen some crazy situations, but if you had the right guy, he wouldn’t need a lot of that stuff.
I’M telling you yeah I’m trying to [ __ ], but I’m trying to bid for a job, but I no, but I don’t care.
I don’t know.
I don’t care, I got other stuff to do exactly exactly exactly.
I wish them all well, um, according to wec, mandatory Challenger rules, articles 3.
1, 3.
2 and 3.
4 and 3.
5 of the rules and regulations of the WBC State.
A WBC champion should aim to defend the title in mandatory or voluntary defenses, at least three times a year, unless the written exemption or extension is granted by the WBC.
A champion who does not defend his title within those periods shall forfeit their title unless the WBC permits otherwise Champion shell purpose or sorry proposed voluntary defenses against qualified Challengers and shall make at least one mandatory defense a year.
So that being said, I guess uh.
You know Tyson Fury to not be stripped of that WBC belt and better make a fight happen soon and that’s I guess why he’s looking at taking on Derek chisora, so that’s uh, that’s unfortunate! Well, I think uh.
I think we’re at that time.
Uh we’re about to get out of here.
Well guys, sorry Tim, I couldn’t hear you there you’re breaking up brother well, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls fight fans all around the world.
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