The Friday Night Boxing Panel ep92 | Talkin Fight

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[, Music ], damn yeah [, Music, ] wow – that is a long intro Mike.

I forgot how long it’s great though I love it yo all right! So welcome boxing fans around the world to another episode of the Friday night panel featuring Michael and myself, grumpy, Graham uh, we’re here to talk about it wow.

When did that one come into effect, you have never heard that one before Mike uh, yeah grumpy, Graham, is classic um anyway uh we’re here to talk about three fights in particular, unless you’ve got some other special ones.

To make note of one the big one going down in Jersey tonight featuring Chris Stevenson who, as we all know, got stripped of his belts, but who cares he’s still gon na fight anyway, he’s going up to 135 and we’ve got two big.

Two big fights uh going on in Manchester and uh Nottingham tomorrow night, so where? Where, where do you want to start Mike, you know fair enough fair enough, yeah? Okay, so we all know, we’ve all heard Stevenson 18 overnight kills he’s returning, but uh unfortunately lost his belts on the scale tipping in it.

What was it 131.

6 yeah, but one one pound .

06 overweight, yeah um! Well, you know what he is making that uh that switch up to 135.

So, let’s be real.

He he physically is on able to make 130 now we know that, because he’s unable yeah immature your body gets bigger and yeah, I mean he’s right he’s.

He is ready by the way, as you know, to go up to 135 and he’s definitely yeah.

Definitely so no no argument there uh.

The question is to you: is he gon na beat this guy from Brazil? Can Chico? Is he going to beat him yeah he’s going to do it he’s gon na? Do it he’s it’s gon na, be it’s gon na? Be quick, I think um he’s gon na come out like he does uh he’s gon na get in there and just uh.

You know open him up, quick, it’s uh, it’s gon na be fast fast.

Paced he’s ready to do it.

Man uh, you know.

Like Stevenson, you know following a career best performance in April over Oscar Valdez uh.

You know he unified the two Junior lightweight titles in that near shout out over 12 rounds and then vaulted up to pound-for-pound rankings.

Uh, you know Stevenson, the former lightweight world champion won the WBO Junior lightweight, strap last October, with that knockout over uh long reigning Champion Jamal Herring and 18 professional fights since capturing a silver medal.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics Stevenson has lost a small uh.

You know handful of rounds establishing himself as the sports Premier defensive practitioner um.

You know with that southbound style comes back.

We get to see it man.

I can’t wait to watch him in the ring man and then you can sail like you know.

He made history as Brazil’s first Olympic boxing gold, medalist uh, turning pro under the top ranked Banner less than three months after the 2016 real games uh.

He and you know he entered the Valdez uh last fight last September, uh with a 16 and old record uh, but the oddsmakers gave him little shot at uh deforming the champion.

Just like tonight, yep right uh, you got you got.

You got dogs open up there.

What does it look at for tonight? Shakur Stevenson? Oh my God, you’re not gon na you’re, not gon na make a dime, I’m telling you.

If you’re betting on sugar Stevenson, you you’ve got it’s not even funny uh.

It is funny actually uh.

Robson is such an underdog.

It’S not even funny like you, you you, you would have to well we’d, be we’d, be better spending.

Okay! No, I was, I was about to say, you’d, be better spending your money on Keyshawn Davis uh, but no, he he’s he’s even a bigger favorite than chicker Stevenson and they’re on the same cards.

So I’m sitting there looking at that going, there’s no there’s no money to be made.

I mean the these guys are gon na kill their opponents yeah.

I put that in air brackets, guys uh.

You know they’re gon na they’re gon na handily win uh their respective bouts um.

You know there there are some other.

There are some other good Fighters, though, on those cards definitely Henry Le blonde and on Andy uh Ventures.

That’S up in the air.

That’S a close one, uh one who’s heavily favored on that card, Bruce Carrington.

I know he featured him before or Manchester I’ve already talked to him.

I’Ve already talked to him about this upcoming fight this weekend and uh.

You know he tells me that uh he’s coming back for that knockout a week award.

Sorry about this.

Can you believe what Carl’s saying? What’S he saying now? Oh, my God: okay, listen this! This is the ongoing story of the heavyweights.

Okay, you know you you first uh, you know, Maddie Harris isn’t battling this weekend right, yep, Maddie, Harris! Okay.

How big is he he’s big boy right, yeah, six, eight, six, nine, okay! So he’s he’s um comparable to our favorite Jared Anderson, but I’m telling you those are two heavyweights that are they’re gon na make a splash within the next year and absolutely Dethrone older crunchier, guys like dillian white and Joe Joyce.

You know yeah.

We can talk about Joy, Joyce and Joseph Parker later on the show, but the point matter is: is the British heavyweights rule right now? No, first of all, the bridge heavyweights all got started when uh Mr Lewis decided to step across the pond.

Leave, Canada and you know so at the end, at the end of the day, if it wasn’t for Lennox Lewis, that stepping across a pond that the heavyweights wouldn’t even be con talked about, I mean for forever forever and I wish Tim Witherspoon was here because he Would back me up on this one? The heavyweights were controlled by the Americans forever up until what Mike Tyson, I guess, really yeah pretty much so anyway, I’m laughing I’m laughing at your comments there, Carl, because no as soon as and you said it last week – Carl it’s all about hype, so I’m on And I’m agreeing with you it’s all about hype, so one once you get guys Maddie Harris big baby Anderson once you guys get those guys across the pond and demolishing your top eight okay, the heavyweight division is, is North American once again, look at Carl.

He stepped across the pond having to ride from London.

Let’S go back just for fun: let’s go back and review the history of Lennox Lewis, okay, poor poor little kid um, originally from parents from Jamaica brought up in Toronto, uh outside of Toronto, small little town called Brampton gets trained by the best of the best here.

In Ontario wins gold for Canada at the Olympics; okay realizes, however, under the reign of terror by uh Hayashi, which we’ve all talked about.

Okay, so Ken Hayashi decided kibosh boxing here, so Lennox Lewis had no choice but to go to somewhere else.

Where was he going to go to? He went to his parents place in England.

You know fought for England for a bit and and and and simply dominated the heavyweight division for quite a while yeah.

But the story is: is it’s born in Canada? It was bred in Canada.

It brings Canada forward much like much like the Canadian soccer team this year.

Sorry, football team, I’m already gon na see what Carl’s next comment’s gon na be okay, born in Canada, bred in Canada, refined in England, [ Laughter, ] Carl.

You don’t even have to type in buddy.

I already know what you were gon na say: don’t worry, but anyway we we know.

We know for a fact.

We know for way there he is.

We know I was trying to.

I was trying to get on for like 10 minutes.

I was listening to y’all.

We was, we were waiting.

Do you remember me saying I wished him Witherspoon was here yeah? I heard you saying that I was trying to get on it.

Just came from the gym, so you’ve heard us talk about the heavyweights.

Okay, you’ve heard us talk about uh, Lennox Lewis, coming via okay.

Yes, he was born in England and all that kind of stuff, but he he came from.

He was trained in Canada.

He won Gold for Canada at the Olympics.

He went back over to England uh and you know dominated the heavyweight division for a while.

That was good for him, but the point matter is: is now we’re seeing a transition from uh the hype based uh conglomerate.

That is England uh with respect to the heavyweights transitioning back to North America and although Maddie Harris may or may not have been born in England, who cares at the end of the day, we’re seeing a lot of heavyweights come out of America right now and uh Dominate the heavyweight Division and I’m and I’m saying I’m calling it I’m saying this is me uh within the next year, you’re going to see North American heavyweights dominate that division because because there’s been a clog at the top end for too long, you you’re gon na See it tomorrow, night uh Joe Joyce uh.

What do you guys think I think Joe Joyce is actually going to win tomorrow night? Oh, let me really really yeah Joe Joyce is fighting um from Parker he’s Burton Parker yeah Parker pretty strong.

Now, I’m not taking them from Joey, I’m not taking nothing.

Should I get this phone quick, I’m not taking nothing from Joey Joyce right, but I think he lacks it lackadaisical.

I think Parker Parker is stronger and sharper um and and every I’ve seen them both fight.

I think Joey Jewish need a little bit more.

I really would pick I probably would pick Parker for going tomorrow.

Wow, that’s cool uh.

I I don’t like Parker style personally, I like Joe Joyce’s style, Joey Joyce, because I don’t think I don’t think he really talented he’s just big and tall and and and and and he’s not drama.

I ain’t seen him fighting the last.

I’Ve seen him fight.

Maybe two fights ago, but he never changed, I’m not taking nothing from him.

Is he undefeated, I think so right he is he’s 14 and over 13 Knockouts and he currently holds the WBO International uh, the BBC silver and Commonwealth heavyweight titles uh in his last fight.

Uh he defeated Christian hammer in a fourth round stoppage uh in the other Corner Parker, who was 30 and 2 with 21 Kos uh he’s boasting a six fight win streak leading into this bout and uh is hungry to re-establish it himself as the top fighter.

In the WBO category right, I mean previously held that belt uh in 2016, following a victory over Andy Ruiz right right, so so they’re they’re they’re fighting for WBO rankings.

Basically, in a nutshell, yeah nothing wrong with that, but when they face uh big baby Anderson either one of them is going to go down.

Well These Guys.

These guys, like you, got to remember this too right.

These guys are, these guys are up there in age.

Man, yeah Parker’s, tough and Joyce got a late start right, like Joe Joyce he’s 36 years old, he’s fighting the clock right and that’s a lot of things that people are saying that for Joyce to you know, continue on this rain and continue on the way that He’S going he’s got to be super busy because you know he could age out.

He could age out before he really uh gets to see those big fights which is uh, which is a concern.

I really didn’t see too much in really um Joys, I’m not taking them from them, but I just really didn’t see to to to Boom to to you know, but he begging he begging me strong Parker is more active and moves a little bit more more than Joe Joyce, but in every new fight some boxers bring new stuff and you might not see that you might not have a son before me said wow where’d that come from you might see that in Joyce.

You never know right right, so this is yeah.

This is a good one.

You know, boxer, CEO and founder Benson he’s got this one put on uh yeah this.

This is this right was long time in the making uh.

You know Parker realized he had nowhere else to go and eventually had to take this fight.

Uh number one versus number: two, the winner goes on to fight for the world title.

We we knew this was going to happen uh, you know, so both these guys are going to be prepared for this.

This fight and uh.

You know it’s gon na make for some great boxing uh.

Definitely gon na be a heavy-handed brawl between these two Beast of a man like you know what I mean the problem.

The problem is, is it won’t solve? Who is the best heavyweight in the world? It won’t solve that issue for us right now and right now, as long as Tyson Fury continues to maintain that oh, I might find this guy.

I might fight this guy.

Well, no, no! I’Ve heard that he’s in talks.

Uh he’s in talks right now for the Undisputed uh he wants.

He wants usick, keep it down now.

Now it wasn’t, I’m sorry wasn’t he was trying to fight Joshua yeah.

He was trying to fight Joshua for no no apparent reason, but now there’s a talks about him.

Fighting music and there’s talks going on about him undisputing the championship which, which I don’t give a [ __ ].

I hope that happens because I want to see it.

We haven’t had an Undisputed Champion since uh.

You know, since Lennox Lewis, man, we haven’t had an Undisputed Champion since the four belt era, and I believe I believe that boxing needs this and I believe the heavyweights need this, because the heavyweights have not been so.

You know they’ve kind of been lackluster in in the hype train.

Man like I remember, you know back in the day that it was all about the heavyweights.

Oh, what heavy weights you’re finding This heavyweight fighting.

There was always a big heavyweight match going on and that height is no longer there, and these younger guys with the smaller weight classes are, are winning those type trains.

Man, the younger, the younger weights, man, the 130s 35s.

40.

45.

7S.

You know, like all those guys, the welters, the super feathers, all that crap it’s it’s more exciting.

It might be exciting for the actual fan, but when it comes down to, shall we say the promo and you you referred to it earlier as the hype job.

Quite frankly, uh the the heavyweight division is always the glamor division.

Quite frankly, it’s the one that gets the most talked about in the media uh.

So when Tyson Fury decides to get off his, you know soapbox and decide to decide to actually fight someone.

I would like to I’d like to see him fight usick.

I think he’ll beat yousic uh, that’s fine, but at the end of the day I think Joshua’s had his time.

I’Ve said this before on the show: I’ve heard enough about Eddie all he needed somebody to help him with his skills and build his heart up.

It’S still not over it’s still not over.

For some of these guys, Dylan white – oh he you got, I mean to cut you off, but that’s bad, listen, Dylan white kept getting in with uppercut.

All you need is somebody to teach you to stop getting hit with the uppercut right.

Um, Anthony Joshua need defense and, and a couple of the things Dante Wilder definitely need defense in the jab.

This is all these guys.

Tyson Fury is skeptical of his defense because he always jump back.

A lot see see Tyson.

I made I’m making a video with with them on YouTube, but Tyson Fury is okay, he’ll step back then come forward, so, instead of stepping back, he should throw his hands up and counter.

But if you notice Tyson Fury always step back he’s a big tall man with long arms all he got to do and these guys there’s nobody teaching them stand your ground boom catch.

It bam right from there bam catch the shot, catch.

The shot.

Dv defense like this and stay in that pocket yeah.

So if you watch the video Tyson Fury steps back, he doesn’t have a good defense either.

I’M just figuring out we’re doing.

That’S that’s.

Why he’s he’s been on the mat? He leaves his chin out too much he’s too tall right, so when he does that all four of them went down something wrong right, yeah, right something right, yeah, there’s something wrong something wrong, Graham for all, four of those guys, all four or five of those guys Went on the canvas two or three times during the fight, something wrong? Yes, yes, Carl says: Joshua beats Anderson easily mismatched, listen, Jared Anderson is still young, he’s still green behind the ears.

He’S he’s coming up the right way when he is ready to take Joshua.

I don’t think Joshua.

Has it anymore man? My my point.

My point has always been why why give Joshua another chance Joshua’s had the chance.

Let’S get hurt, he really didn’t get hurt um.

He really didn’t get no real hard knockout and when he lost he lost some points.

He still have it.

I keep on saying it: it’s the person behind them teaching them.

You could bring them right back.

He needs somebody.

He needs somebody to light a fire under his ass and get those hands going.

That’S all he needs man.

I’Ve never seen in the last two outings that I’ve seen he never got beat up bad.

I seen Anthony Joshua.

I see a mentally defeated man, that’s what I see I see a man, that’s been mentally defeated.

Who is having trouble finding his way back? You don’t have nobody teaching them the knowledge that gives you the confidence.

If I knew this guy can’t hit me.

If I know he can’t hit me that’s confidence, you know what I’m saying he don’t have no confidence because you’re getting hit like I said they, both all of them went down in the canvas.

Tyson Fury is about the only one him and Dylan white that got the heart to get up and fight back um and really fight you back.

But that’s what you lose confidence when you don’t have confidence in your corner and your team and and you get you’re losing you – don’t have nobody to come and help yeah.

I’M am I bidding for some to help, one of them, I’m just saying yeah.

I will help help some of them guys, that’s the key, I’m telling you and I’m surprised the management don’t even come in.

We talked about this before yeah the management and the promoter.

Don’T come in and say, look man.

I don’t like the way he he throwing that he he throwing that left hook or his defense.

We got to get somebody in to help him Eddie Hearns and I’m not thinking about that.

They they thinking about the big money, fights and and being the big promoter, but they got to think about the boxers too Don King did it Butch Lou? Did it Lou Dover, all of them? If them trainers, didn’t do the right thing they being there, but they’ll get somebody in there to help.

That’S the problem.

I’M telling you Joshua shouldn’t be looking like that Dante Wilder yeah.

He shouldn’t be looking like that.

I can’t believe it.

I can’t believe it.

I seen him on the video the other day.

I seem to think they’re watching some of the stuff we put on YouTube because they’re starting to change and look no wait.

A minute, serious um.

My marketing director called me say: hey man, I think Dante Wilder and I’m looking at some of the stuff you doing because he trying to you know he trying to hear slip.

She even slip hair.

You don’t see him doing nothing like this.

You don’t see him blocking, throwing hooks, you know what I’m saying you think I’m doing this hahaha, but you know I’m not making fun, but it’s the truth.

All they need is somebody in there to help them do the job.

That’S the old school way.

Man – and I haven’t haven’t said that to him a big shout out to boxing Elite uh and your friend Greg, who gave you a good promo plug this week.

Um, it really was, is Eaton eating eating me and all they had to do is teach these guys.

I just came from the gym, showing young people how to do this stuff, showing young people, and you know when they love it, showing young people how to do this right and man.

The legacy is down the drain, no, it’s not over it’s not over, and if you don’t know how to box or know what to do, you’ll think some something else.

But people like us that really know you kind of like know it you call it like.

It is they need some education, because that’ll give you confidence if you learn how to do something, you’ll be confident in that test.

When the teacher give you that test.

Oh, I know how to do this, but if you, if you don’t you’re gon na, be all over the place, the water, you could take the horse to the water.

If you don’t drink it, then he gon na you’re gon na pass away, [ Laughter ] that that’s it man, it’s so easy for these guys, but they just don’t know man, they just don’t know.

Well.

I hope I hope the division go ahead.

Go ahead.

I was just gon na mention a quick uh, quick couple of uh, shout outs to the the women who are boxing tomorrow, night uh Amanda Serrano’s, going up against Sarah.

My foot, who I profiled today on the show this is iced tea.

This is iced tea, yeah sure one of our favorites uh.

You know she’s going up against Terry Harper, and so it’s a couple something a couple: good uh women, uh Four Women.

I just mentioned uh, who you know you got ta, give you guys a shout out because, quite frankly they are battling hard and training hard and uh.

I really look forward to the results of those matches.

I really do uh because we we can talk all day long about the heavyweights and we do uh, but uh.

The women are really moving up in terms of popularity in terms of increasing exposure of boxing to a wider audience around the world.

And it’s really.

It’S really great to see and uh.

You know girls, girls, like Sarah, my food, many of our fans who listen to us right now – probably don’t know that name but she’s undefeated and uh yeah she’s from Denmark, yeah and so she’s, Denmark from Denmark she’s got number one out of one out of Denmark.

She’S asked sporting, an undefeated record yeah and uh yeah she’s uh, I’m defeated she undefeated she’s undefeated.

It was all her fights in Denmark, uh, no, not all of them.

Okay, well, she’s, she’s, Denmark, Sweden, uh she’s, been she’s been around that area yeah, but um.

You know what she’s she’s earned a shot at Amanda Amanda Serrano is coming off that uh.

You know that loss and uh, you know maybe maybe she’s mentally, not in the right spot.

Maybe maybe this girl can capitalize on it we’ll see, but you know what nonetheless she’s gon na bring her a game and uh.

You know what good luck to her man uh, I’m pretty sure Amanda dropped a few uh pounds to get this fight.

So please so, but I mean Amanda did look good she’s, looking good man, so yeah yeah Carl uh he’s going to be at the Rankin Harper fight, uh media media.

Oh really, good! Yeah! Honestly, hey shout out to you Carl uh! Those great pictures of you uh rubbing shoulders with uh.

You know Eddie Hearn yeah.

I saw that too yo.

Did you ask him how long those? How long he’s been growing the dreads yeah? That would be the first question.

I’D ask him yeah if he didn’t announce her he’s.

The announcer Carl did tell me that he was chatting boxing with Eddie Hearn for a few minutes and uh.

You know, we’ve got some great things in store for us in the future, so excellent um.

I just want to say I just want to touch on before we stop talking about this.

One is uh the Shakura Stevenson fight all right guys.

If, if you wan na, if you wan na watch his it is on ESPN, ESPN Plus, you know you’d be able to see this no problem guys remember what the card is.

It starts at 10 p.

m.

Um that Stevenson can sail we got Keyshawn Davis is on this card.

Uh Henley LeBron we’ve got Bruce shushu Carrington, Pablo Valdez jahi Tucker, Orlando Gonzalez, Floyd, Diaz and Anton Cobb.

These guys are all Hot Prospects coming up.

So definitely this card is going to Trump.

The card that I want to just touch base on and just give everybody uh, you know hey a once over of who’s on this one.

This one is uh at a Grand Oasis arena in Mexico uh.

This one is headed up by Christopher Lopez versus Alejandro Gonzalez.

Um another one of another great night of full Mexican Fighters, guys uh, there’s a lot of up incomers that I’ve been watching.

Uh come up out of there, and this is a night of guys that are looking to keep their uh.

Keep that undefeated uh.

You know so, if you’re, if you want to watch this guys – and you know, or at least record it uh definitely uh.

It’S Christopher pulo Lopez who is 15-0 is taking on Alejandro Diaz, who is 11-4 and two and uh.

This one is for the WBC Regional Title, so uh, it’s gon na be some good ones.

This one gets started tonight at 9, 00 p.

m.

Eastern time uh, you know so it’s it’s! It’S at least gives you an hour and it’ll.

Give you an hour before the secure Stevenson card starts.

Uh so definitely check that one out, I’m I’m surprised.

I’M surprised, Tim isn’t driving his car across to New Jersey to see that fight.

Forget that Tim’s, a celebrity somebody should have picked his ass up already where’s.

The funny day where’d you find that they’re they’re in Newark New Jersey, oh Newark, that’s like a hour and a half away.

Okay, I was close.

Yeah Atlantic City is only like an hour away.

No so Newark is like almost to New York, so that would be our almost two hours yeah it’s across the river from New York city.

So yes yeah so, but there’s actually there’s some good fights coming up in Philadelphia.

You’Ve got some good promoters down there.

Good young promoters who are putting out some good fights at the is it called the 2400 or 20 something Marina 20 yeah 2400.

Something like that point matter is.

This is there’s some good fights coming up in Philadelphia uh.

You should be going there and and talking to these young guys, because there’s a lot of good Fighters coming in uh to Philadelphia to fight and uh fight.

Again, I’ve seen them like three or four times in the last uh month he’s a he is a champ yeah.

I know you know what you know what he pops up.

He pops up on my uh.

He pops up on my radar all the time when I’m scrolling and uh he’s looking pretty good man he’s looking like he’s getting warmed up and ready in that gym.

So yeah, you know it’s looking like we’re.

Gon na see him soon enough.

Um.

I wanted to touch on it.

I know I know we talked about um.

You know, George Joseph Parker uh, you know big card.

You know we got ikaw Usman on there, uh Samuel, Anthony yeah, Sarah mufford, you know Nathan Haney.

We got all these good names coming up on this one, but uh guys.

Who can’t forget? We got the Maxi who’s kid Gala had card for the IBO World light uh.

This is the one with Hannah Rankin Terry Harper um we got.

Solomon D cares Chevron, Clark, Rion, Dixon, there’s a bunch of young up-and-comers on this one too uh.

Definitely, definitely let me say something quickly before you, you guys chime in with your professional comments here originally originally.

As you know, lee wood was supposed to headline that and he was supposed to fight Maurizio Lara.

Lara’S Camp came out and said: he’s he’s faking his injury he’s lying about his injury uh.

He is.

His Camp has not said anything to our camp about what causes injury to his bicep and uh and and still to this day, I’ve not heard anything out of Lee Woods campus to real, really whether or not that was an injury.

He sustained uh during sparring or whether it’s just uh uh.

You know how do you say it a reason, a reason for him to backtrack and get out of the fight, but anyway Kid Galahad, Maxie, Hughes, uh, looking good, it’s a good fight! Guys.

Last time somebody told me that they got knocked out.

No, I’m saying I made an injury, I’m not Quick Tillis out in the first round.

He he mean to cut you off.

We got an elevator he’s, calling me all kind of names.

He said you punk.

I know you ain’t gon na fight me first round yep.

He was saying that I was faking, but I, but I was hurt, go ahead and finish I’m sorry.

No! No! I I was just mentioning that uh Monsieur Mauricio’s Lara their Camp had accused lee wood of I’m not saying faking literally lying.

I mean they’ve issued a press release saying they think Lee would lied about his injury to get out the fight and and the fun the at the odd thing is Lee Woods.

Managers have not responded, have not said no uh, here’s here’s the doctor’s results they’ve.

Not so it’s a very peculiar, and I wouldn’t I wouldn’t think for a minute that lee wood would back out of a fight.

He said he’s too good of a fighter to do that so, but it was a bit of a weirdness going on there.

To be blunt, I I think I think I think, the I think the ACT is it their.

Their campus is probably saying you know what the accusation is.

So ludicrous we’re not even going to respond to it.

It’S probably what it is.

They don’t care he’s going to get in the ring.

You know like it’s just he’s gon na get back in the ring after he heals and uh.

You know what he’ll shut everybody up.

Then you know, why would he fake an injury you know and with the wins that he’s coming off of and uh, you know the the trajectory that he’s going.

Why why even take it, why risk it? You know what I mean: why risk and lying about something like that.

There’S no point right: I don’t I don’t understand it, but but the undercard is strong enough uh to attract a great audience.

Nonetheless, yeah well like look at Maximus, 20, 25, 2 and 2 with 5 Kos yeah he’s undefeated since November of 2019.

.

You know landed that IBO crown with a shutout points win over dangerous Mexican Giovanni Stafford in September um.

You know, Galahad will be looking to return.

Um, you know he’s 22s 17kos man.

He wants uh who wants those winning ways again, man up that lightweight uh ladder.

You know he’s suffering a shock to knock out loss to Spanish, Veteran Kiko Martinez uh in what was supposed to be a routine made in defense of his ibf title and uh in November, and it didn’t work out like that.

So but the yeah, this stacked, undercard man, we got Terry Harper she’s 12 one and one with six scales: she’s leaping up in weight to challenge Scotland’s Hannah Rankin who’s 12 and 5 and 3 Kos uh for her IBO and WBA super Welter.

World titles um.

In this intriguing England versus Scotland, Clash yeah and you know former IBO and WBC super featherweight world champion.

Harper lost her titles at the hands of the USA’s Alicia Baumgardner on the undercard of Galahad versus Martinez uh last year before landing the WBA InterContinental lightweight title against uh yeah uh in March.

So you know ranking capture Gold by uh decision against Maria Lindbergh over 10 rounds of the Tyran Hotspur FBC Banquet Hall in November 2021, before defending her belt against Alejandra Alia at the SSC Hydro Glasgow.

We all know how that one turned out right right.

So that’s uh, that’s crazy, but what I’m looking forward to is honestly the Birmingham heavyweight Prospect Solomon’s care whose 4-0 with 1ko is taking on Dominic.

Sorry, did you mention another heavyweight, yeah buddies, yeah this one’s from Birmingham, England, Birmingham, England who’s 4-0? Yes, you know won by knockout he’s taken on Dominic uh, eckenley, uh, who’s, nine, three and one with four Kos over 10 Rounds, uh former team GB Olympian uh Siobhan Clark, uh 2-0 and 2K likes to maintain his perfect start to life in the Chris.

The weight division against Argentina’s uh Marcos, carolitsky who’s, seven, five and two with two Kos, so yeah, you know what.

Unfortunately, we don’t get to see Leewood what you know, what that card and supporting enough good fighters on it worth so so, quick, quick question Mike who do you got? Who do I got Hannah, Rankin or Terry Harper? Who you got yeah, I’m I’m sticking with my girl man Hannah.

She is the underdog yo she’s a bassoonist.

That’S that’s right! That’S right! She’S, a bassoonist who’s that mean she plays an instrument called.

She plays a massive instrument.

She plays an instrument and – and she is a highly decorated, uh bassoonist.

She is not uh, you know she’s, not just just picking it up to pick it up.

She she knows how to play.

Definitely, I got ta stick with my girl Hannah man.

We’Ve had her on the show before she’s.

Definitely a fan of us we’re a fan of her.

I think I think I’m I’m picking Hannah Rankin to literally knock out Terry Harper.

I’D like to see – I know I know I know Terry Harper is – is coming up and wait for this and I’m kind of curious to see how she’s gon na look at this weight.

Um.

You know Terry Harper is no such uh.

Definitely that might be stronger.

She might be stronger.

This is this is the thing right.

This is the thing she might find that she fights better at this way.

Um.

It is a super, close fight and uh.

Honestly, it could go either way.

Um sticking with my girl, Terry uh, sorry Hannah, and I think Terry though Terry is going, I think she’s gon na impress man.

I think I think this heavier weight might might give her some good.

No, if you, you can’t come up three weight classes and actually attempt to crush someone like Hannah Rank and Hannah Rankin is too brutal.

She is she she showed that last year, or early this year versus the Mexican Aiea she put her in hospital.

I think the kid’s still in hospital um, you know if she, if she ain’t in hospital, she ain’t eating right, she’s eating through a straw right now.

The point of matter is: is Hannah Rankin’s Out For Blood and uh she’s not going to take Terry Harper seriously at all she’s going to dominate in the first round watch anyway? What are the other fights on that card? Uh on that card we also have uh.

We got um right he’s on that card, too, is! Is that something on the card? No, that is, that is the uh he’s on the undercard up in Manchester yeah.

He got Usman guys be on the Watcher for this guy wow.

Stick it on Samuel entry, uh and this one’s for the British Welter and uh the Commonwealth, so this one’s looking pretty good uh.

I can’t wait to see this one.

Actually I haven’t seen this guy in a while and then uh yo.

I almost forgot about Amanda.

Michael magnesi is on this one taking on Anthony, oh wow.

I almost forgot that he’s on this card, guys uh be on the looking for this match this one’s gon na do well, you know, Michael make means he’s 21-0 looking to stay uh.

You know undefeated how many knockouts, oh, how many knockouts uh he’s like 13 out of here 13 wins he’s, got some power yo.

This is this.

This Italian is five six wow.

You know what I mean he’s down.

He’S right he’s now ranked number 24 out of 1633 in the world in this Vision.

So you know 21-0, 13, Kos kid’s only 27 years old he’s got, you know, he’s got his career still ahead and he’s got lots of years left and uh.

Definitely Usman who’s been, though I’m super excited to see this guy back in the ring man, yeah usman’s, a monster I like watching the way the skin fights uh definitely definitely very explosive.

Definitely has that finished ability which we like right.

You know he does have that finish ability, but he is a uh.

You know he is a technical, marketer man.

He does know how to box.

We don’t like to leave in the hands of the judges we like to see.

We like to see a knockout.

I like to see people get slumped sleeping, you know not knowing where they are, and you know what you know when the rest awakens might be like hey.

If you know where you are hey you’re at the fight, hey you’re, laying on the ring you’re, not in your bed, yet no! No! That’S right! Here! Hey, hey! Welcome back guys! Welcome back, hey! Let me see you up on the chair now by the way you just get your [ __ ] knocked you know like oh, my God, [ __, ] laughs.

We’Ve got some good fights going on.

We got uh uh, Newark and New Jersey put on a good fight tonight.

Uh we’ve got two fights one in Nottingham one in Manchester, tomorrow night yeah, there’s probably fights going on around the world and uh you know we’ve got we got boxing is on the upswing.

I got ta say you know the more the more I’m seeing in terms of uh young people.

You know they flip back around.

Quite frankly, from from watching you know wrestling way back in the day uh to uh.

You know the uh, the UFC type Fighters rap wrestling and grappling all greased up on the floor.

You know from Ireland.

I haven’t really heard much.

No, no! No Brothers, no uh, not my no you’re close uh.

I think yeah.

I think they’re going down to Australia for some reason.

It’S like three of them right, two or three uh.

Let me have a quick think here, because I I was just mentioning them on the news program, the other day um, some some great Fighters out of Ireland, always some great Fighters, our Island um, as Mike knows uh, but good, Mike yeah, Mike Mike being from Ireland.

That’S where that’s, where his Brethren are from yeah foreign.

You know what that mean right, yeah, we got great Fighters coming up the Donovan Brothers man, that’s who you’re going to be watching out for Patty Donovan and his brother anyway, anyway.

There’S some great great fights coming up in Belfast, yeah uh, as always um, you know, they’ve got some great promoters yeah some great some great young people coming out of both well look at Katie Taylor um, although not from Belfast uh.

But the point matter is: is she has a great team behind her she’s supported by matchroom, uh and – and you know I will say, that’s the one good call that Eddie Hearns made in terms of supporting women in the ring um.

But at the end of the day, um, what I was saying earlier is you’ve got a lot of guys who are clogging up certain weight divisions because they won’t fight.

Take a look at uh, Terence Crawford and Errol Spence.

How long has it taken to get those guys in the ring, like those guys should have been in the ring months ago and yet they’re still yapping about how much they’re worth you know it’s about time, it’s about time that some of these gentlemen, you know, stop Relying on their managers and or matchmakers and their promoters and just started saying: I’m gon na jump in the ring with this guy period anyway, uh I digress, but the point of the matter is: we’ve got some good fights coming up this weekend and we’re going to Be glued to our TVs under large screens and uh, taking a look at some really good Fighters and then Mike you’ve mentioned a lot of great guys on the undercards and a lot of great gals on the undercards.

And that’s what we’re really looking forward to is great fights great outcome.

Great results, Fair results, I don’t I’m sick and tired of seeing unfair results.

Courtesy of Judges uh, I want to see you know the the fighters.

I’M sure you guys do too uh the fighters make those decisions clean and clear uh who won Mike and I’ve been going out to local fights.

Now now that covet’s finished and we’ve been seeing some great up and coming prospects in our hometown.

So this is all good news for boxing, quite frankly, on a day-to-day basis, we’re reporting on fighters from Africa, South Africa, uh Kenya, Uganda, uh, Nigeria, Ghana, a lot of great African Fighters, not to mention Mexico, Latin America.

These these guys are churning, let alone the Philippines that I mentioned the Philippines every day we’re getting results from fights taking place around the world that we’re.

We are reporting on and they’re not being reported on NBC or ABC or Fox News.

You know, and this certainly the BBC is not reporting on any of these foreign Fighters either, and that’s what we’re all about we’re we’re supporting fighters who are coming up from nowhere.

You know because these guys, if there’s one thing you can do, you can either play football with a little soccer ball and kick it around.

Okay, that’s how you think you’re gon na make your money or put on a pair of boxing gloves and enter the ring and, quite frankly, what is the braver of the two sports exactly so I’m I’m simply saying boxing is growing and it’s popularity you’re, seeing an Awful lot of big big paychecks being cut at the top level for sure without a doubt and you’re also seeing a lot of young entrepreneurs enter as promoters as well.

So I think I think I I really think that uh guys, like Bob arum, he’s 90 something uh Don King he’s 90, something uh.

You know there one once once the Amer like I’ve been speaking to a lot of American promoters recently, and I can’t believe how excited they are about their rosters about the young Fighters coming up so give the North American fighters a couple years, including uh, Jared Anderson.

You know give him a couple years yeah this call.

These comments are funny man, yo, shout out to Mr P in the chat man yeah like like Nottingham Men in Tights, he’s talking about Sherwood Forest leave, the coward wood is what he’s saying.

Wba records a lot of crap here man.

Does he see this WB regular champ, not even a real champ is what I don’t get it anyway.

Yo you got, you got to go back and read it.

Man, it’s uh, he’s been he’s been going back and forth with Carl.

You said the wbe, the WBA wow yeah champ, not even a real champ, is wood.

A clown yo he’s been going back and forth in this chat for a while.

It’S pretty funny actually well, you guys are reading.

I just decided I had to uh is, Mr is Mr P from Birmingham seriously, because if Mr B is from Birmingham, there’s some great fights coming up in Birmingham yeah man, yeah yeah yeah, shout out to Mr P yo thanks for joining today, man.

Oh, look.

We got someone else, wood pulled out, maybe that maybe so there’s maybe there’s some truth of the rumors wow.

Maybe maybe you better start your defending brother, you better start you better start defending Carl, Mr P is correct.

No Mr P is correct.

We hear this.

Mr B is correct: he dipped out would never pulled out here we go here, it is here.

It is guys it’s starting in the chats now feel free.

Yes, he did well, he did Carl he pulled out.

I don’t [ Music ] know.

Do you want me to pull up the press release he pulled out? He said he had a torn bicep, but his doctors couldn’t confirm it.

I don’t know about that.

One man, I don’t know, I’m just saying, I’m just saying like at the end of the day at the end of the day it looks like lee wood pulled out.

I don’t think I don’t think you can believe that anyway, let’s not let’s not get hung up in uh, Nottingham, Forest and uh.

Let’S just remember, let’s just remember, there’s fights at nine in Mexico today yeah, while you’re waiting for the fights at 10 to start right Stevenson with Shakura Stevenson who will not be fighting for the 130 belts because on the scales on Thursday night for weighing in at 131.

6 because he is physically unable to make 130 uh, but you know what he’s gon na come out and he’s gon na make sure that nobody gets those belts and he walks away with them.

Yeah yeah yeah, you should have walked away without him, and so is his opponent.

No I’m having a quick, uh, quick brain fart here.

What what is the next Challenger up in 135 who’s he looking to go after at 135.

Did you know it was meant it was? It was mentioned uh earlier today I mean: do I really have to go to boxing 247 or something it was? It was a relatively famous name, but the point matter is: is um, there’s a lot of big money up there.

The 135 range, I suppose, there’s way more money at 135 than there is a 130.

We all know that yeah right, like you know, Let’s uh, let’s yeah 135 – I I don’t even know who, like I can’t even remember, who’s – that 135 Crown right now.

Okay, I got guy, I got ta, you guys keep talking.

I’M gon na dig this up.

Yeah! Sorry, okay, it’s slipping my mind at the moment.

So all right, all right, hang off I’ll, find it well, let’s see 135 jerfonte Giovanni’s up there.

It’S a lightweight, really yeah Frontier is number one score Stevenson.

There’S Devin Haney, Maxie, Hughes uh.

You know Javonte Davis.

We got we got a bunch of guys up in that way.

Oh I you know who I’m thinking of.

Is it Devin Haney? Yes, probably Devin, Haney, okay, so it’s kind of it’s got to be Devin, Haney or Javonte man, both those guys.

There’S a couple up.

There that’s big money and that’s that’s why I think uh Shakur Stevens is not really worried about the 130 belt sees he said like who, like who’s there we go in the 130.

You got Archie sharp um.

You know uh uh, Michael magnesi, uh Roger Gutierrez, like that’s that’s all we have uh Joe cardina, I think, is in the super feather as well.

Um, I’m pretty sure he’s holding the ibf world um.

You know so there’s just there’s way more money.

Once you get up into that next weight class man, you know right back to Houston Davis, uh, Francisco Patera yeah, so you know there’s a lot of there’s, there’s a lot more money at stake right there.

So, and I think I’m I’m guessing here.

It should Kurt Stevenson a top ranked boxer.

Oh yeah, he is yeah.

I believe he is yeah, oh well.

In that case, okay, it makes even more sense.

So it’s Devin Haney because I think top rank is also uh.

The promoter for Devin Haney yeah.

So it’s a no-brainer, though you know it’s hundreds of thousands versus Millions, yeah yeah yeah, that’s the difference and, as Tim knows, making the millions is where it’s at right in a lawsuit settlement we uh we made close to a million I made close to that, but Other than that really I should have made more than that when I bought it.

Yeah wish I was fighting now.

You know what you know.

You know what I found out from from reading that Facebook post, you have an awful lot of followers who are genuine and you have an awful lot of followers who really believe in in what you’re talking about and you keep on talking.

But on our show you know: defense defense is going to win those battles and and there’s an awful lot of fans of yours out there who who are probably boxers who are who are looking to you to give them that guidance.

They probably don’t realize that you’re available as a trainer.

They probably think you’re so freaking popular that they can’t possibly reach you.

I’M serious Tim, like you know, we’ll be doing it on YouTube.

We’D be uh doing stuff on YouTube, but we’re getting good feedback good yeah.

I’M loving this Carl has invited Mr P and Iman de Valera uh to come.

Join him and argue face to face on last spell boxing next Thursday at 7 p.

m.

Guys so definitely you’re going to want to check this out because uh, because you know what Carl’s Carl’s tired of doing this through the chat and he wants to do it uh face to face like real men.

Do it not trolling and talking right on the sidebars, like some of these guys out here to do, but you know what uh Iman says: yo he’s no Troll he’s down.

He’Ll go live, you know what it is man, let’s see it.

I can’t wait uh so guys.

Yeah, you got last spell boxing.

We’Re gon na see this all right, iman’s got one too and he’s inviting Carl to come join his too.

So you know what this is good, I’m glad you guys all met tonight.

It’S gon na make for some great content to watch this week, so yeah man guys uh check it out it’s gon na be great.

I can’t wait.

Iman de Valera, please drop uh.

Please drop the link to your channel, so we can watch Carl come on your show too we’d love to yeah for sure for sure.

Uh anyway.

Listen anything else to say because uh other than you know what I’m gon na say.

Happy birthday to my boy.

You just turned 16 today: uh he’s 16 already.

16.

16.

6-1.

200 pounds.

13.

13 foot man.

I remember going around on Halloween with that kid man, yeah man, yeah he’s he’s a he’s, a big boy.

So I just don’t let you shut up six foot tall 200 pounds just turned 16.

yeah, so we’re taking I’m taking him out for some Robo sushi good for you good for you did you enjoy your night at moonshine? Last week Tim, oh, I caught that.

I caught that that was pretty good yeah.

It was good, it was good.

We we got Tim in A Fine moment yeah.

Definitely so you know what happened? What happened? Nothing happened.

That’S what I’m saying that was.

It went amazing.

I mean once we had your sound issues: yeah it went amazing.

We had a lot of views yeah, you know, because everyone was seeing you in your normal kind of fun friendly State, and you were.

You were still reporting unboxing you’re supposed to be having fun with your friends, but you took the time out to talk with us on talking yeah.

It was awesome.

I was down the street.

I was down the street from in the night Irish neighbors.

Remember the Mummers, the Mummers.

I was down there in their neighborhood and my neighborhood was about 10 minutes away, but my school was right right, like about a half a block away that score I went to and that that guy that owned the store we we played football together um.

He was a Jewish guy, he played football.

I played football with him and I real quick.

I knew that I knew that he was going to be have a lot of businesses, because when we, when we were in Sixth and fifth grade, he’s walking around like a couple hundred in his pocket – and I was like what’s this kid doing all this money – everybody Else got a quarter and 30 cents he walking around now and he got his own place if we’re doing really good his brother making money – and I should have followed him when I was little he’s – always thinking bopping him had him making my honey when he was Little he had he would pull out his pocket all the money when we was only in sixth grade seventh grade, I’m like where this kid getting all this money, his dad giving that later on, I found that they was all doing business, make sure their kids do.

That so, okay, so so here’s where you have to balance off pretty good chopping, wood tapping wood yeah, come on Tim where’s that where’s the money at Tim chopping, wood or running restaurants, um running restaurants, or you mean chopping, wood like being in sports and stuff like In Boston, exactly exactly exactly that’s, what I’m talking about is a hard job.

Very hard job is a hard job, and any of you guys got that Disney.

Plus you watch it watch a great show out.

There called the bear, and I watched the new one Mike the unauthorized biography of Mike Tyson, really yeah.

How unauthorized is it? What was it show? Was it? Was it it? Actually, it actually tastes.

I heard he didn’t even get paid, it’s called Mike so um.

It’S.

I think it’s, I believe it was eight parts uh.

It’S it’s pretty good.

It’S not bad um.

It brings up some of the uh controversial uh things that he faced throughout his uh career uh.

You know the money losing uh the rape charges.

They can’t do nothing about that.

Can’T do nothing about that.

He was touring doing that stage show walking on just on the stage telling his story and showing Clips yeah it’s it’s got a lot of that in it yeah.

It’S got a lot of that in it and goes back to a lot of flashbacks.

So, but you know what nonetheless, it’s entertaining to watch it’s on Disney plus, if you guys haven’t seen it yet uh check it out.

I thought it was pretty uh pretty funny.

Man, okay, cool uh, honestly, the guy who plays Tyson uh, he’s he’s kind of he’s kind of comical man um.

You know because he like talks like this guy and he’s got the gold teams yeah.

It’S pretty good, the guy that the uh the cast has him pretty pretty funny man uh, so check it out.

If you guys haven’t yet Disney plus, you can see it.

It’S called Mike.

I I liked I liked Mike Tyson as a fighter.

I liked him more when it came on that show The Hangover that was brilliant and I, like him even more nowadays that he’s in this really chill kind of relaxed space.

Where he’s giving us yeah but he’s giving some real good advice.

I know he really is yeah yeah.

Yes, we all know he smokes a lot of weed, but because he owns a weed company uh but uh.

The reality is he’s he’s given a lot of young kids, a lot of really good advice.

You know what not to do what to do and and kids listen to him.

Why? Because they respect him yeah.

That’S true! Well guys.

We’Re at that hour mark remember already remember nine o’clock guys you can check out the fights fair enough.

Are you waiting to check out the fights at 10 o’clock tonight Stevenson, you know what it is guys.

How can we get that? How can we get that fight that one is on ESPN ESPN plus, so you can easily watch that one check it out and I’m pretty sure Mike Mike, has the mic link if, if yeah there’s the mic link that you can use, uh yeah Shania knows that Website that I gave you before, we won’t say it over the over the internet, but um there is one that we stream it from Shania.

Do you know how to get the mic link all right, see you guys? Okay, all right, you know how to get the mic Lynch, so we can watch the fights right.

She knows somebody she said.

No, she said no okay, well I’ll text you the website as soon as she brings it up, she’ll know exactly what to do.

It’S the same one that she went on before you’ll be able to see it guys out there who are watching around the world.

Yo thanks for tuning in remember, Shakura Stevenson tonight is on fight TV plus, ESPN plus uh, that’s 10 p.

m.

Eastern and Lopez versus uh Diaz is on ProBox tv.

com, that one gets underway, 9 p.

m, Eastern Standard Time yeah, and then we have the fights tomorrow, guys uh thanks for tuning in to today’s episode of the Friday night panel, Tim, Graham always a pleasure shout out to