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EPISODE: Episode 2
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Transcribed:
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Welcome to another episode of the Friday night panel featuring Mike Orr and Grand boys live in the house tonight and boy.
We got a big weekend of boxing coming up uh for sure, but I just want to start off this particular episode with a bit of news out of Bahamas.
It caught my eye today and uh.
It was a little too late for my new show this morning, but I thought I’d bring it up tonight.
Why? Because it is female Friday and there’s an all-female bout going on in the Bahamas.
So I was really surprised when I came across this article because it features Jessica, Camara, um and I’m not, and actually, if you Google it, I’m not sure if this fight’s actually happening but anyway, let me just.
I just want to tell you two two things one the promoter said.
This is something exciting: it’ll bring the Bahamas into the introduction to female boxing and be the first all-female show, not just in the Bahamas, but in the Caribbean.
This has also encouraged more females to join the sport, there’s also a self-defense mechanism for them and the marketing Logistics director.
For the event Quinn Brennan said they are also fighting for the Cure.
We’Re now trying to reintroduce boxing to our community has taken a little Hiatus over the past couple years and what a way to come back at it.
This event is positioned very strategically in that is the month of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
It’S also the end of the month and we’re trying to tie it to the beginning of sports month that begins November 1st we’re excited to bring boxing back to our Shores, Bahamas wow, pretty cool eh uh.
It is very cool uh.
I have the card.
I know everybody’s fighting on it.
Jessica Camara is the headliner she’s down 10-3 and she is taking on a dehana Santana for the WBA World.
Welter that’s vacant right now, uh Santana is 40 13-0, so uh.
You know this is gon na, be a step up for Jessica yeah.
Also on the card uh we have Mary McGee, who is 27 and four and she’s taking on somebody who has not been announced as of yet or they have.
But I have don’t have the name as of yet uh also on the card loganholer, who is nine two and one will be taking on Adriana Jewel? Who is six one and O and rounding off this card? Uh starting it off? Is our girl, O’Shea Jones who’s? 1-0, looking to take on uh Simone Silva, Who currently holds a record of 17 22-0, was a great interview.
She was a great anyway, so there’s there’s an all women card taking place uh in the Bahamas, that wouldn’t that be fun, fly down the Bahamas.
For a weekend check out some fighting, let’s go girls, yeah all right, you’re, a big fan of the Bahamas.
Aren’T you Grammy spent some time down there in your in your youth.
In my youth I was actually in.
I was stationed in Bermuda.
Oh, oh, close, close enough Bahamas, Bermuda Vega, beaches, beaches boxing and beer.
What more can you want all right? There we go more.
Can you want exactly so? Let’S see uh at this particular point in the evening, we’re typically joined by Tim Witherspoon.
I guess he he’s taking my place and having some ales out today.
I know I know yesterday he was at an event with uh none other than Mitch Green uh.
I believe that event is a couple days so uh, I think, he’s going to be on Hiatus.
Uh this evening, um, you know it’s always a blast when he’s here, though, definitely you mean he’s working, yeah yeah he’s out there he’s out there uh he’s out there doing some there’s some.
I know I know they’ve actually uh.
The city of Philadelphia has asked him.
Uh to go out and start speaking at certain events as uh as a representative of uh, you know putting down the violence, like you know, put down the guns, pick up the glove kind of thing.
Yeah there’s been a lot of violence going on in Philadelphia.
As of late and uh, you know they’ve reached out to Tim and asked him to.
You know speak on on behalf, and you know: try and gear these kids towards putting down the weapons and picking up gloves to settle the differences.
As you and I know, Tim has seen it all.
Yes, yes, and he and he’s actually a great speaker and more power to him, and I hope he is really an influence – makes a great impact on those young people down at Philly.
Uh Philly’s a great boxing City and there’s a there’s a lot of great promoters down there right now, promoting some great fights so more power to Tim and the community down there uh.
I hope he’s successful at what he’s doing for sure, yeah and we’ll see him we’ll see him next week, we’ll get we’ll get an update anyway, yeah we’ll we’ll get we’ll get the scoop.
Well, we’ll hear: what’s up so what what? What? What? What what cards are you gon na? Okay? Can we save Jake Paul the last yeah, obviously we’re saving Jake Paul to the last uh? First, I want to touch on it.
Uh there was a card today: uh Panama, cable, uh, Sports, U.
S, uh, USA, ESPN plus uh.
This is a card out of Italy, um Guido vanillo, taking on Jay McFarland um.
You know this one’s all Italian Fighters.
Uh there was a WBC International Silver super Welter title up for grabs the Ebu European Superfly up for grabs, also the federazone police or super Welter vacant title on photographs as well.
So uh there was a card tonight.
It was uh on USA, USA, ESPN plus you might be able to catch some of that if you guys are able to check it out, but that’s not the cards.
We’Re going to really be touching on today.
We’Re we’re touching on the big ones, which is, Let’s uh, let’s, let’s just start it off with the Taylor card, uh, Taylor and Carter of the hell um this one’s good, and I can’t wait to see this one Taylor, both undefeated right, yeah, they’re, both undefeated uh.
This is a big one.
Man Taylor, you know she’s now, 21-0, 6 Kos.
You know she cemented herself as the greatest female fighter on the planet by Ed Gino, Amanda Serrano, in that epic fight for the ages, uh that sold out night at Madison Square Garden.
Earlier this year, uh, the Irish Superstar retained her Undisputed lightweight World title after a fight of the Year Contender with Puerto Rico, Serrano uh, the first women’s boxing boat to headline the famous Madison Square Garden in its 140 year, history, which was groundbreaking event.
Lots of viewers, lots of people in attendance and she is going to be taking on Argentina’s kettlebell uh, who is 19-0 with two Kos, and she is undefeated in all 19 of her professional contents.
Since turning over in August of 2013 and the 32 year old uh, you know she resides in uh.
Buenos Aires is a former WBC Latino South American and Argentinian super featherweight champion and is promoted by Argentine Legend Marcos and Medina so yeah.
This is a big one.
Um, I can’t wait to see Taylor in there.
You know I’m a big fan of Katie Taylor, keeping with the uh.
You know the Irish.
You know the way it is but uh.
Also on this card.
Uh we’ve got uh European featherweight Champion Jordan.
Gill, who is currently holding a record of 27 1-1 with akos, puts his title on the line for the first time against Spain’s two-weight world champion Kiko Martinez, who is 43 and 11 and two with 30 Knockouts in a fight that also doubles up as The Eliminator.
For the ibf world title held by none other than Josh Warrington right, so this one’s uh, this one’s this one, this card’s, looking pretty awesome.
Man uh, you know: uh guilt was knocked down in round seven before be uh being heavily bundled.
You know to the floor.
He got he got.
He got wrecked uh to the floor by his opponent, uh, looking unsteady on his legs.
The 28 year old was backed up into his own corner and subject to the constant barrage from uh gufari, but he showed tremendous hurt and determination to pull off the massive comeback win and then former ibf super bantamweight and featherweight world champion Martinez returns to the UK.
Following his loss to warranting at the first director arena in leads back in March um, you know he stopped Kid Galahad in six rounds to become his country’s first ever two-weight ruler last year in hopes to claim another British uh Scout as His Brilliant career draws to An end and then who I, who, who I I’m super, excited to see in the ring uh.
You know we profiled him.
Over a year ago, uh emerging emerging Belfast, super welterweight, star, um uh, this kid man, 12-07 Kos uh.
He fights on his second Taylor undercard.
As he defends his WBA international title against New York’s undefeated Peter Dobson, who is 16-09 Kos in his third fight of 2022, while Irish lightweight Contender Gary Cully who’s 14-0 with ako’s fights under the matchroom promotional Banner for the first time with his opponent uh on this Card also on the card run for heavyweight sensation.
Johnny Fisher who’s 6-0, with 5kos, brings the Rumford bull Army to Northwest London for a scheduled six round clash with Italy’s Alfonso Domani, who is five and two with two Kos and there’s action for particularly light heavyweight Prospect.
John Hedges, who’s 6-0, with two Kos and uh Latin super Welter.
Jordan, Reynolds he’s 3-0 with 1ko uh.
I can’t wait.
I can’t wait for this card.
Definitely going to be uh, be a very interesting one.
Uh did you did you mention our girl, Ellie scottney um? I I was, I was about to get to it, but yes, Ellie scottney.
Yes, she is uh.
She’S.
Definitely uh definitely wanted to be watching on this yeah yeah.
So I’m you know what’s interesting about, shall we say the makeup of the card uh.
They called the heavyweight division, the glamor division, yet the heavyweights are way down the bottom.
I think they’re only doing a four-rounder, actually uh yeah, so yeah uh Fishers, Fisher’s schedule for six rounds.
Um and uh yeah.
It’S uh: it’s it’s down on the bottom of the card.
Uh higher up on the card we got uh Mickey Elson is going to be fighting Thomas Hart and that’s for the uh British word of control, the uh, the Central Area, light heavy and then uh.
You know we got Katie Taylor taking on carabelle.
Also Mary Romero is who’s taking on Ellie, scottney and uh.
You know that one’s that one’s gon na be pretty good man.
My girl, Ellie Scott, need to come through the victory on this one uh she is taking on Mary Romero, who is eight and two in her career uh.
You know and she’s she’s on a win streak.
Man, she’s won her last six, so you know Ellie scottney she’s 5-0.
Hopefully she keeps uh stays undefeated and uh comes through with that.
Ebu uh super Bantam it’ll be great great to see this one yeah absolutely so so I know you’re picking, Katie Taylor um, hey! I’M sticking with Myers yeah me too.
I mean you look at her and she she’s built um she’s powerful.
She can move, she can she’s Lightning Fast, yeah, um yeah good luck to that uh! All right.
Is it Argentinian? Yes, I believe so Argentinian girl yeah.
Well, I mean she’s undefeated, but good luck to her hey, you know like like, like, like sugar, says in in the famous words of sugar.
You better got your track shoes on, because you know what Katie Taylor definitely knows how to run around that big ring and uh.
You know you better got your stamina right, you better put in all your skipping, you better done all your road work and you better got you better.
Have your running shoes on, because you know what it’s not going to be easy to hit something that moves uh.
Quite as well as she does, you know Katie Taylor, it’s the reason why she’s the top top dog in the in the game, man and you know it’s going to definitely be a step up for uh kettlebell to get in there and uh and and fight for This fight for these titles, man, yeah and it’s being held at the Wembley Arena.
So it’s it’s it’s you know, and the funny thing is is uh.
If you take a quick look, I’m sure you have but take a quick look.
There are other fights going on in England.
This is a huge fight night tomorrow this weekend, actually including tonight, you have fights around the world going on not just there’s three or four cards in England alone.
You know, then, this card’s going on in France and Germany and Spain and Mexico right across Mexico.
I couldn’t believe it when I saw how many Mexican fights were going on so and and and and and the girls are increasing in volume in terms of their appearances.
At these locations, so I think uh more than anything over the past year and I probably sound like a broken record now, but as you and I both know, women are increasing that excitement, level and uh.
You know for how to have Katie Taylor basically headline this card, which features a heavyweight Clash, but it’s way beneath you know it’s like it’s hardly worth well, okay, it’s worth mentioning it’s worth mentioning because they’re up and coming you know, they’re sub 10 fights yeah.
It’S just going to show you know, there’s there’s what there’s a local title up for grabs.
So you know they they do have guys moving through their through their uh.
Their ranks.
There’S uh! It’S gon na be nice to see the new, the new future of the heavyweight division.
You know because these guys, you know, they’re young they’re, gon na start climbing up these guys that are in the top.
These guys that are in the top I’ll tell you who is the future of the heavyweight I already know who the future – and I I can say it right now and that is our man Jared big baby Anderson.
He is the next big thing in the heavyweight Division.
I can’t wait to see this kid back up and he he is uh he’s 12-0 12 Knockouts he’s about to fight Jerry Forrest at Madison Square Gardens on December 10th, yep yeah and I had not.
I had that lined up but uh you, you had a you, had a Asterix beside that one.
That’S uh! That’S from my boy, Carl! That’S right! That’S real girl! You heard that right, yep, that’s just for you brother forever boys over at last, while boxing yeah, definitely and uh.
You know, there’s a lot of Americans coming up and uh.
Well, there’s a there’s a lot of really Brash heavyweights.
Coming up uh I mean yes, Eddie.
Hearn can put one or two names in front of our faces every single day, but they’re the same two names and uh, quite frankly, uh when, when the English get to see big baby, they’ll know what we’ve been talking about for about a year now, yeah yeah They’Ll see it they’ll see it, it’s it’s just a matter of time.
You know he he’s being called the next big thing.
He is a blue chip Prospect how you is how they call him uh.
You know he is there uh right now, he’s moved he’s moved from that Prospect, uh that name and he’s Contender uh, definitely coming up those ranks now and uh he’s making noise.
You know he’s getting in there and chefing up those Knockouts like you know it’s how to do.
Also we got in action.
Um can’t wait for this one JoJo Diaz, taken on William zepedia uh, I’m you know oh yeah yeah, I’m a big fan of zepedia.
You know out to prove they are worthy of fighting for a world championship fight in the near future.
Um, you know South El Montes, Joseph JoJo Diaz, Jr, 32 2-1 will face Mexico’s undefeated Rising Star, William zepedia, who is 26-0 with 23 Knockouts of San Mateo and Tico um Mexico in a dangerous 12 round.
Lightweight main event that will be broadcast live guys this one starting at 9, 00 p.
m.
Eastern time, uh, you know in The Crossroads matchup former ibf Junior welterweight Titleist Diaz Jr has his eyes locked on continuing his campaign to take over the lightweight division.
Despite a minor setback after facing Devin Haney in December of 2021, then we got undefeated.
Deputy will be looking to climb the ranks with a victory over Diaz uh, giving him a spot to become the top Contender for a world title with an impressive knockout ratio.
Over 90 percent zepedia will be looking to impress fans with his aggressive style uh.
We all know that he definitely has an aggressive style.
Definitely like watching this.
Guy uh do work in the ring man uh he’s one of those volume punchers.
You know not afraid to throw not afraid to get hit um and then one of the weltery division’s fastest growing superstars, from uh California, Alex Roca or sorry Alexis Roca, 20 and 1 with 13 Kos will return to the ring as the co-feature uh in a 12 Round Main Event match between former ibf super feather world champion.
You know Jojo and zepedia.
So I can’t wait to see Roca back in Action.
This one’s gon na be good man.
I’M I’m super excited.
This card’s got a lot of uh a lot of great great fighters on here that we’re gon na be able to see uh.
We got Hector Valdez who’s going to be taking on Max ornel’s uh Valdez he’s 15-0 looking to stay undefeated.
You know we got um.
We got some young up-and-comers that you guys need to watch here.
Uh.
Definitely this card is going to be a good one.
To watch gets, gets underway, 9 p.
m.
Uh.
You know when you find that one on the zone – you know it’s Oscar De La Hoya, Oscar De La Hoya promotion.
So you know it’s going to be filled with the Mexicans, and you know it’s gon na be nothing but uh, because you know what those Mexicans they definitely know how to put on a show.
They definitely love, throwing those punches and we love watching it man.
I can’t we do, and you know what’s interesting too, is the number of shall we say, American fighters of Mexican descent, who are now fighting in either uh well, particularly in Southern California, but across uh, the southern West, the southwest of uh America.
Right now – and you you see these names all the time and they’re popping up with much more greater frequency uh boxing is certainly certainly uh.
You know picking up where it left off a few years ago, Oscar De La Hoya may have stepped out of the ring, but I think he’s coming back in the ring.
I think he’s getting his marriage problems sorted out.
Finally, finally, which allows him to uh do a lot more of what he really wants to do and that’s pushing a lot of these young guys up through the ranks.
So when I see you know you know, there’s a lot of you know what it’s going to amount to.
Really it’s going to be like a West Coast versus East Coast, but then yeah you got to you got Philadelphia.
You got New York, you got Boston uh along the east coast, but now we’ve seen some good fights out of Tampa and Atlanta as well uh, not not so much in the midwest.
I mean, if there’s any listeners out there, who can correct me on that one.
I can’t think of any Midwestern, you know Detroit is not Midwest um.
So anyway, I’m just saying like uh, you know, like you’ve, got a lot of West Coast, and – and this is the mix of the Mexican, the Mexican influence on the west coast is – is making that a hot spot.
Right now, it seems like every day in the new segment, I’m uh, you know going over some card, that’s happening in uh, some city in California, uh.
You know that would put any card on the east coast to to shame quite frankly, because these guys are excellent Fighters and they’re getting their recognition.
They’Re, certainly getting it at the crowd’s out the crowds in these the crowds.
In these events, man, don’t imagine, are crazy.
Like uh, it’s it’s they’re, very responsive to what’s going on in the ring, which you know in turn helps these Fighters.
Man perform, which uh puts on great shows.
What I love is that uh, you know golden bite is going to be showing their prelims on the Golden Boy, Boxing YouTube channel and um uh.
We got.
We got some good Fighters going to be on there.
Man, El Nino Chavez, who’s 3-03 Kos – will participate in a six round, featherweight fight against Houston, Texas, uh Leva, who is three three and two um also on that we got Pablo Cruz uh taking on the salvatary um.
Also we got the Hawaiian Dallas calopria.
It was three and over three Kos uh, taking off Florida’s Jeremy Potts, he’s 2-0 with two Kos, so the prelims on the YouTube channel are gon na, be just as exciting.
As you know, this card honestly yeah you guys to get in there.
They heart determination and drive and uh.
You know they leave it all in that ring.
Definitely it’s a great card.
One of the things I forgot to mention uh in in the prelim to our show – and I just don’t want to forget about it.
The reason I bring it up now, uh Connor Ben, had to hand had to hand in his uh license to the BBC, the BBB of C uh.
You know uh, I’m not sure if that ends his career, but I remember we were talking about a few weeks back and I’d made mention of the fact that, in my humble opinion I would have thought that Eddie Hearn would have demanded of his boxers.
All of his boxers on his roster to take a test and just to settle up for once and for all that he has clean Fighters, and this was One Bad Apple and I shouldn’t spoil the whole bunch, but Connor Ben has handed his license.
He cannot box uh, and nor should he I mean he was a black guy for boxing.
Quite frankly, a shout out to our to our friends in the UK who are watching right now, especially uh tushman pin uh thanks very much for your comments appreciate it.
Uh.
Remember please correct me if ever I’m saying stuff, that’s wrong, [, Laughter, ] for sure for sure all right, all right! Where was I you’re going through some fights? Sorry, sorry, yeah so guys, remember: 9 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time, JoJo, Diaz Williams, headlining the card prelims.
You can find on uh golden uh Golden Boys.
Uh yeah.
Youtube channel definitely check that out that one gets oh under at 9, 00 PM eastern time, so definitely Mark that one on your calendars, guys it’s gon na, be great! Then we got ta get to it.
Starting 10 p.
m.
Eastern Sky fight, ESPN, plus we got Vasily lomachenko taking on Iron Man, Ortiz uh, this one’s gon na be great uh three-way world champion, will make his Triumph New York City return in a 12 round main event, Saturday against uh Jermaine.
The technician Ortiz uh, this one’s happened at Hulu, Theater, Madison Square Garden.
Uh.
I can’t wait to get you know lomachenko.
I love watching this guy get in the ring.
You know 16 and 2.
11 Kos has a resume that is unmatched in modern boxing two-time Olympic gold medalist for the Ukraine.
He had 396 and one amateur record won a World title in his third.
Pro fight became a three-way world champion in his 12th bout lomachenko unified three of the four lightweight titles, before a loss to Tia foam Lopez in October of 2020, which derailed his quest for the Undisputed Supremacy.
Last year he came back with a one-sided victories over uh, nakatani and Comey.
Lomachenko is 5-0 at Madison Square Garden, entertainment venues, including the win over Kami and his one-sided uh during a fellow two-time Olympic gold medals, uh Guillermo rodino.
He arrives in Southern California last month to resume his career and work towards his goal of capturing the Undisputed lightweight title, which is currently held by Devon, the dream Haney.
So this is going to be a big one.
Uh Ortiz 1601 8kos from Massachusetts answers this though uh hoping to stun another former world champion on the comeback Trail uh.
He last fought, May uh 21st in Las Vegas uh wearing down Jamal’s super fight, Herring uh down to the stretch to earn the 10-round unanimous decision.
Ortiz is a six-year Pro who piled his trade on the New England club scene uh three months before the Herring Triumph, Ortiz won the nabf lightweight, strap with a clear decision.
Over uh near Albright, uh Ortiz made his top rank.
Uh made his top rank on ESPN debut in April of 2021, with uh an eight draw against uh Joseph dorno surviving a pair of knockdowns in one of the year’s best action battles to be honest, uh in addition to Taurus three of his Olympic teammates from Tokyo.
Will see action under lights tiger Johnson we’ve talked about him.
5-0 4kos makes his New York City debut in the sixth rounder welterweight uh featherweight silver medalist, Duke Regan 701 KO steps up in his first schedule.
Eight rounder Troy Eisley 7-0 4kos test the junior middleweight Waters in the eight rounder Cleveland born lightweight sensation, Abdullah, Mason, 403 Kalos will fight his sixth rounder uh, while Junior lightweight Haven, Brady, Jr 704 Kos makes his division debut in an eight rounder, so guys be ready For this card, you’re definitely going to want to see it.
Definitely you don’t want to see this one yeah.
So having said all that uh just a quick pick here, um I like Ortiz yeah, he’s young he’s Brash, but we like to see, but I think my money’s on lomachenko I’d have to say.
I’D have to I’d, have to put my money on the machenko as well um, I’m just looking at this undercard, and I and honestly I just can’t wait.
I had been following every single one of these guys on this undercard man yeah.
You know robisi Ramirez 10-1, Duke Regan, Troy Eisley, Richard Torres Jr, Abdullah, Mason, Nico, Ali Walsh, Haven, Brady, Jr, Delonte Johnson.
You couldn’t ask for a better undercard of great up and coming Fighters.
Definitely you got to put your uh.
You got ta set your pvrs for this one guys definitely record it.
Watch it you’re gon na love it it’s gon na, be action-packed.
This card main card getting underway at 10 p.
m.
Eastern Time, hey before you before you uh before you uh, dig into another fight.
Let’S, let’s address this comment, because I I hello, hello, hello, can you guys hear me yeah yeah? I can hear you fine.
You know what I’m gon na pose this question to you right off the cuff, seeing you ready for it, you ready for it yeah, yeah name, your top five heavyweights.
Right now, don’t include, don’t include Tyson Fury, don’t include Tyson Fury top five heavyweights wow.
That is really on the spot right now: eh um USIC, even though Fury calls him a Cruiserweight, uh yeah, but you see Fury says that, but you know he people forget that he has one of his toughest fights was against Steve Cunningham, who was a cruiserweight coming Up – and that was as toughest weight was a smaller guy, like Tyson Fury said this himself.
That was one of his his toughest matches.
That was the match where he actually used his big six foot, nine frame just to lean on him, because he couldn’t outbox him because he was just faster, which is the reason why I’m taking, who sick to beat Fury if they ever fight.
But anyway, that’s the topic for another show um.
So I’m gon na go with U6 man top five.
Does it have to be an order? Can I just name five, no just name five top five: okay usick Joe Joyce Wyler is still in there um.
Two more two: more um wow wow, wow, okay USIC, Joe Joyce Wilder shoot man, those last two or two.
Oh sorry, I’ll still put Joshua in at you know: yeah yeah, I put them at five um because I mean he lost to usick who’s that who’s.
Not it’s not like, he lost to a bum um, he did kind, he lost the Andy Ruiz, but he made he wronged that right, but in the rematch there um shoot and then the last one.
You know what is it dillian white or is it Derek chisora laughs? It is definitely not jazora um.
You know what I’m gon na go with the the young American.
What’S his name, big baby Jared Anderson? Yes, yes, yes I’ll, throw him in there home run.
Oh there, you go that’s for ice wall to come uh thanks for joining us and thanks for asking that question yeah, because we just asked Cedric The Man uh all right, all right, we’re we’re yeah they’re uh Mike, I forgot where you at we were just.
We were just talking about.
We were touching on this awesome undercard.
Yes, as I was, as I was uh um hooking this up, I was listening to it and uh yeah.
That is a crazy undercard.
Every single one of those fights are, are you know, they’re, not household names, but they’re boxes that could be household names in a couple of years: um, former Olympians and just high level just high level boxers, like all those names that you named, I’m I’m very excited.
This is on the lomachenko card.
Blue Chip prospects is what we’re calling them.
Yes, so yeah robisi Ramirez Duke Reagan, Troy Eisley, Richard Torres, Jr, Abdullah, Mason, Nico, Ali Walsh, Haven, Brady, Jr, Delonte, Johnson.
Yes, yes, yes, I could honestly say the talent on this.
Undercard is probably some of the best, if not the best undercard this year, that I’ve seen um yeah.
You know that reminds me a quick week.
There’S Something a show that we can do.
Maybe not not right now, but maybe prepare for is um is a show about the top top 10 Prospects and then maybe like a year from now we’ll go we’ll do a review and see where those prospects are now yeah.
That’S I Got ta Give.
I got ta get a prop shout out shout out to my boy uh Mike Carter and OJ talk way too former pro football players, but heavy into boxing and they’re the ones that actually suggested that to me.
So you know shout out to them.
I just had that same conversation with our producer today, oh yeah nice.
So it’s good we’re on the same page.
Then that’s perfect! Yes, yes, let me throw it.
Let me throw a twist into it all right.
What what we’ve been talking about is similar to the music industry, creating a top 10 or maybe a top 20, and and adjusting it on a week by week or month by month basis, according to every single fight that occurs.
So you have a ro and whether that be pound for pound or on the division by division basis, because we’re redesigning our website and we were looking for ideas as to what other content to put in there.
And that was one of the big ideas.
That’S been floating around for a long time, taking a look at the prospects as compared to the established.
So, for example, as you listed off the top five uh, you know it’s a pretty well established list, notwithstanding debates at the lower end, but at the end of it you’ve got some prospects in there.
Like Jared Anderson, I’m telling you he’s gon na he’s gon na change that heavyweight division within the next year yeah.
I digress honestly, there’s a bunch of names that I could mention man that that that are, you know, undefeated big guys that are coming up.
Man, arson Beck megamedov, who can’t forget about him? Tony yoka? Okay, that’s an FAA, jagba people forget about him.
Yeah uh.
We got um uh uh.
What’S his name, Richard Torres Richard Torres, Jr who’s fighting this weekend on this card, uh uh, becador, jalalov, the uh, the uh, the Kazakhstan right, kazakhstanian uh man, we’ve got uh, ursulin, ilyav, um man.
These guys are all undefeated coming up these ranks and these are big guys, they’re, not small, small [, Music ].
So you know, there’s there’s these guys and they’re climbing up through these ranks.
Slowly and surely – and we are going to be seeing these big heavy weights on these cards soon enough man, you know Dempsey, McKean out of uh, Australia can’t forget about him and he’s 22-0 right now, um, you know, there’s there’s some a heavy weight, also a heavyweight These yo all these names that I’ve mentioned are heavyweights man um guys 20.
You know 20-0, but this guy, you know he’s tapping out at his age he’s 39 years old, but you know this is just to show you that there’s a lot of people here, man uh the the German he’s only 30.
he’s 22-0 man there’s a lot of Undefeated guys here, man, George aerys, you know you know, we’ve got a lot of undefeated heavyweights that are coming up.
This rank.
You know, and this is just guys that are in this – you know top these.
These names are in the top 50 of heavyweights, ranked in the world right now so, and heavyweights help help boxing in general, because people for the Casual fan people just want to see two huge guys fight each other.
It’S like you know it’s just something to see.
Two big guys that are just bigger than the average human being trying to kill each other.
There’S something about that that uh, you know the cat that attracts the cat, little fan, which is why you know the past couple of years.
You know with the heavyweight division.
Has been exciting, female boxing has been exciting too, so you know just overall in general, it’s just helping boxing, and you know what else is exciting.
What’S that Jake Paul, listen, the MMA world is might be very sad tomorrow when they see one of their Heroes.
Get knocked the f out by a YouTuber, Listen People.
I know these guys talk a lot of trash on YouTube, but you know I’m sure you guys did too like I did some research on on their training and and they’re actually taking their training seriously like he brought in.
I was talking about Steve.
I just chat.
I didn’t even know Chad Dawson he.
I know he brought in Steve Cunningham for sparring, like he’s bringing he’s bringing in legit sparring partners, and he has the money to do it so he’s paying them and like football, is crediting crediting his his training.
This time to Chad, Dawson um, you know wow yeah, you know, like he’s he’s really.
He brought him in man um to prepare him.
You know light heavyweight champion.
Chad, Dawson, yes and he’s insisting that Jake Paul’s skills are are on point man and you know people step into it first, but he was left impressed.
He says after after they’re uh, they’re, sparring and training for this upcoming fight.
You know I’m sure, go ahead.
Sorry, Graham go ahead.
I was just gon na say.
I think we can all agree.
Jake Paul packs, a powerful punch, okay, but what he lacked was the uh experience of uh experience as a boxer and uh and now going up against Anderson Silva who’s.
What 47 years old, I I don’t know, there’s a reason, there’s a reason.
Why he’s not in the UFC anymore, who is the only person that Jake Paul has fought so far with a legitimate boxing license yeah, but you know what okay? That’S I’m glad you brought that up because that’s the other thing these guys again, they talk a lot of trash on social media but, like their strategy, is actually pretty smart because if you think about look at his trajectory of of his competition so his first fight, He just fought some random YouTuber right, whatever awesome random YouTubers.
His next fight was against Nate Robinson, who was at least a professional athlete right.
So a slight Step.
At least it was a professional athlete.
His next fight against Ben asgrim was an actual MMA fighter.
So us again a slight step up the next fight after that was um uh, the other wasn’t the other UFC guy uh, um Woodley, so again, another step up because he was actually a former Champion right.
So if you every one of his fights, is actually a slow step up and now he’s fighting Anderson Silva, so yeah man, he, like I said man, they talk a lot of trash on social media.
But if you see you really read between the lines like they’re actually moving smart, the smart boxing moves that they’re doing so it’s going to be interesting man, but I you know Graham heard me say it before: there’s a reason why Anderson Silva is not in the Ufc, if he was still Anderson Silva, he would still be in the UFC.
So I I just Anderson Silva hasn’t been the same after he snapped his leg in half man come on.
Remember! Remember that oh yeah, that’s right! Listen! Anderson Silva! At one point in his prime was the most dangerous man on this planet, yeah yeah and is a master in muy Boran, not just Muay Thai we’re talking about a martial arts.
That’S ancient like hand to weapon combat to the death like this guy knows moves that you can’t even use in the ring he’s a very skilled individual.
He has a fact he has a boxing background.
You know he’s uh he’s he’s.
One he’s won his boxing matches.
So you know, is this a test for Jake Paul who knows uh could could Silva beat him it’s a big possibility yeah, but Chad Dawson.
On the other hand, we’re talking you know, American former professional boxer who competed from you know for 18 years, held multiple lightweight World Championships, says that he was skeptical until uh this time that he started training him and and he’s saying that we all had some legitimate Skill, so don’t forget, he’s also he’s he’s also getting paid very well.
He probably wants to get continue to get paid very well to come back for other for other fights.
You got to consider that too, of course, of course, but you know what we’re gon na have to wait and see.
That’S all we’re just gon na have to wait.
I don’t bet on fights because I don’t bet on fights, but it’s my gut feeling is Jake.
Paul’S gon na win, if anything wins it’ll be by, like you know, like a close Split Decision.
I don’t think I don’t know.
I don’t know I just again there’s a reason.
Why he’s not in the UFC anymore, so we’ll see I mean if we were super skilled at this we’d be looking at who the judges are and what their records are.
Yeah.
Exactly hey Mike.
Do you happen to know who’s on the undercard of that fight yeah? So uh in the preliminary streaming boats we got uh Jeremiah and Milton 6-05 chaos is facing Quentin Sumpter.
I profiled these guys before this is going to be some uh, some pretty good fights here.
Man uh in a six round contest between the undefeated heavyweights heavyweights.
Coming up, uh plus former featherweight Champion uh sures who’s 34 and one with 14 Kos faces undefeated knockout artists, uh, shadesa green, who is 10-0 with nine Kos and uh.
In an eight round Union super middleweight, though uh glendale’s, Danny Flores 10-0, with two Kos one of Arizona’s, most promising prospects will look to show out in front of his hometown fans against uh Edgar Ortiz Jr, who is eight three and two with four Kos uh.
So yeah there’s some great great little uh undercards here.
I can’t wait well that ties into what I was saying, because this is taking place in Arizona if I’m not mistaken, right, yeah, definitely so adjacent to California.
So we were just talking about the the influence of the the Mexican uh.
You know the Mexican number of the influence of Mexican boxers in Southern California and Southern U.
S states uh bordering Mexico.
These days and uh, the the the emergence or re-emergence of the popularity of boxing and so to hold an event, I believe is: is it the Gila River? Is that, where it’s being held at uh, that event is being held at um? I believe it’s uh Gila River Casino yeah.
I think so yeah yeah.
I think it is at that.
So in other words it’s a black tie event basically being held at a a brand new casino out in Arizona not in Las Vegas um.
But do you know what I mean so so there you go another another example of uh uh boxing bringing popularity to a new area um.
You know we were talking earlier uh Cedric about an all-female card happening uh tonight in but Bahamas, and how the ministry of sport was saying.
They’Re really excited to have uh the influence of of women’s boxing in Bahamas and especially among young women, not only as a sport, but also as a mechanism to teach self-defense and also raise awareness for breast cancer.
Is this breast awareness Cancer Month down there? So it’s interesting to see how boxing is making an impact on these communities around the world and bringing an awful lot of money.
I might say not just to the boxers who are fighting but uh.
You know to the promoters to the events, the managers anyway good for boxing all around good stuff yeah.
The full-time Sports has released a full episode of its Emmy award-winning series, All Access, uh, Paul versus Silva uh, so they can bring new fans behind the scenes and into uh Paul and Silva’s private lives and Training Camps as they each prepare for this uh.
This event, now, if you want to see that just go to the Showtime sports YouTube channel to watch it, I thought I thought being a YouTuber meant you were online all the time.
This is this.
Is me picking my nose? Twenty thousand likes yeah, exactly hey.
If it, if it gets you likes, is there one of those 24 7 things for the lomachenko? No, no just uh just see all access for the uh, Jake, Paul and uh Silva.
That’S Showtime their award-winning Emmy series, all access, so uh yeah! So guys, if you want you, go check that out after check out their YouTube channel watch it.
I know I’m gon na because I want to kind of check it out and see what it’s about um, yeah man, but honestly that fight’s gon na be on during the actual fights that I want to watch.
So I’m uh, probably gon na, be going to YouTube for that one is there fights on tonight uh? No, there was a fight on earlier that was shown on the Zone.
I think it was well that all that all female card is okay.
I don’t know.
If he’s being broadcast or not, but that that’s on tonight there are there are, there are a whack of uh, but if you I mean we were, we was cruising through.
Some of the the nominal fights are occurring around the world and we’re blown away at how many fights we’re going on tonight, which I’m not I didn’t.
We didn’t announce which ones were being broadcast or streamed uh, but there there are quite a few fights going on tonight, not to mention the big fights going on tomorrow, night yeah yeah.
Definitely interesting, were you were you on the air with us when we were picking who’s going to win between lomachenko and Ortiz? No, no.
I was just uh logging in but um you have your two cents on that one um! Well I’ve! Never I never ever got you a chance to watch Ortiz fight again, so I’m just gon na go with lomachenko by default, um yeah, I’m not sure, and everyone no one wants to move.
Yeah yeah, you know the guy Ortiz is undefeated.
Nobody wants to lose that undefeated record, so he’s definitely gon na fight hard and um.
He, and he knows Ortiz knows that this fight could uh could really.
You know both uh help his career yeah, so yeah yeah yeah.
So that’s um, that’s that’s what his mindset is on um, so we’ll see if he has the the skills and the focus to do it now.
Was it Devin Haney who said he’s gon na drop weight to avoid lomachenko? Was it Devin Boyd? I don’t think he would actually say uh.
I might have to Google that one for you, because I’m pretty sure it came up in one of my news stories.
Um, I’m not I’m not kidding grabbing handy drops weight.
Well that that I don’t think that’s a quote from him.
That’S probably whoever wrote that story said that that’s what that’s what the narrative is, but I don’t think Devin Haney would say I don’t want to fight lomasenko.
So I’m going to drop weight to to duck him um, I don’t know, I don’t think that would come from Amy’s Camp, I’m assuming it’s just a reporter that that’s it! Okay, so will vacate his title instead of facing lomachenko and losing badly to him yeah.
I read that Paul.
He had a couple of he had a couple of uh like 10 15-minute rants about uh and any or any predicting Haney’s going to duck lomachenko.
So uh, that’s where that comes from yeah they’re saying that he’s expected to vacate the 135 titles.
Is that because he’s training lomachenko, I am not sure, no, no Polly’s, not trading.
I don’t.
I don’t know what’s going on there, but I don’t know, I think Dave and Haney will go fight eventually.
I think so hey.
What do you think about this whole uh, Terence Crawford, narrow, Spence Fiasco? I don’t think about it because um no seriously, because it’s a you know it’s just too much.
It’S there’s so much more boxing things to that.
We can talk about than just random.
I know you know everyone wants to see this fight, but I don’t know I’m just kind of tired of talking about.
What’S going on what happened and the rumors, I don’t like.
I don’t like to have discussions about rumors because we don’t know the truth yeah.
What might happen what didn’t happen? Who should we put the blame on? That’S all yeah, that’s all just a waste of time, man.
We just talk about the facts.
Talk about the fights that are actually happening, talk about the fighters that are in the ring that are going to be in the ring and are going to fight.
That’S why that’s what’s more exciting to me talk about so so.
Do you want to weigh in then on the Katie Taylor, fight, um, Katie Taylor? I well, I must be behind in the news who’s she play: oh wow, yeah she’s headlining at the uh Wembley Arena tomorrow night in London? Oh! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes, a really big card facing an Argentinian.
If I’m not mistaken, yeah uh undefeated undefeated 19-0, were you saying Mike 19.
1902 knockouts carbohall, or something like that care ball car ball carbajal.
I think it is um.
Well, if she’s got kohana you step into the ring against Katie Taylor, like I said, yeah put under track shoes tonight, though [ Laughter, ] or Sarah, she better put on those track shoes, man, if that ring, is as big as it is.
Well, let’s see if uh, because how old is Katie Taylor now she must be in her mid to late 30s.
The only reason why I bring that up is because you know um.
I always mention this.
When we talk about Fighters or just athletes in general, their age, you know there’s a reason why pro athletes have to retire in their late 30s.
You know you still.
You still maintain your strength as you get older, but like the athleticism, like your speed, your reaction time, your reflexes, those things start to slow down when you’re in your mid to late 30s, um yeah, exactly so she’s right right at that uh.
You know right at that age.
So it’s it’s.
You know, I don’t know, I think Katie Taylor will win, but I’m assuming this girl will put up a good fight like it’d, probably be it, I don’t think Haley’s gon na stop her it’ll, be it so they’re.
Both in the 30s man they’re, both they’re, both okay, mid 30 range.
You know, nah, 32, that’s still early 30s.
That’S still that’s still in your kind of kind of prime but like even 36.
That’S just the beginning of your your retired, close to retired years um.
So I don’t know I’m gon na go with Katie Taylor by unanimous, but you know, but I think it’s one of those those cards one of those fights where, even though Katie’s gon na win by unanimous decision, the rounds will still be close, yeah all right.
So the numbers don’t exactly tell the full story, because the numbers, if you don’t see the fight, you just see the scores, you’ll see Katie telling one unanimous.
But if you actually watch the fight, I think it’ll be a much closer than what this course will say.
So, who are you going to feature on your scorecard on Sunday, uh, lomachenko, lomachenko and um, and Jimmy Ortiz? It’S going to be good yeah, it should be, it should be Mama Chico’s, another one who’s getting up.
There too, I think, he’s probably 35 or something like that: 35 36.
, so um, these fights that that he wants um and that’s.
Why that’s one of the reasons why I think whether it’s Devin, Haney or Shakur Stevenson, or whoever top rank, puts him up against us? It’Ll be a close fight just for that factor.
This Factor alone of the age mid, mid 30 Factor, [, Laughter, ], mid-30s Factor the mid-30s.
Is that your technical term for it yeah? I guess so, that’s when you migrate to become an analyst or a commentator.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, exactly yeah, you wake up 35 and all of a sudden you’re, a broadcaster.
I mean look what happened to Mike [ Laughter, ] yeah? Well, what else we got happening, guys uh, that’s really other than what’s going on in the Press.
Really um, you know well Jake, come on Jake Paul and this stuff and the Katie Taylor is pretty much sticking up everything about boxing this weekend, really um Gorman versus wardley, Yeah official for November 26th.
We could talk about that.
There are some really good fights coming up, actually yeah yeah very much just this weekend, but next month, yeah November November is pretty stacked.
Actually uh yeah yeah we got uh the Bible, Ramirez fight, it’s taking place on November 5th um [, Music, ] uh.
We got Edwards olvero Alberto Jonas into Kerry.
Oh man, we got uh, we got a bunch coming up man.
I can’t wait when does Fury beat up shizora that takes place December, the 3rd? Oh that’s December: okay, yeah, but before that we got um, we got this epidea uh progress, white and Franklin parked in uh Parker and Ryder Alec, anuli and Bentley.
So there’s there’s lots of fights to watch before we even get into December, and the December is turning out to be a pretty nice looking month too, because you know after chisora and fury it’s Estrada, chocolito Warrington Lopez, Crawford, evanissan Lopez and Pedraza Inu, William Butler, like Round round the note to be a really good end of the year in boxing, I’m pretty excited do either of you know.
If bootsennis is fighting anyone soon or not, I don’t believe I don’t believe he’s got anything I just I just read read something that he put in um to try to ask to try to request uh to be the mandatory for Earl Spence yeah.
I read that so long, so that must be tough, I mean being as good as you are and uh being out of work, so to speak.
It sucks it’s unfortunate.
You know, especially especially carrying a 29-0 record with 27 Knockouts wow wow.
I didn’t realize that wow yeah like Jared Ennis, is, you know, he’s no joke in that ring um.
You know his last fight.
His last fight was against Castillo Clayton.
That one was a KO in the second round yep.
You know man I do enjoy watching some uh some boots get at it because yeah he’s the future he’s.
Definitely the future um.
A lot of people are predicting him to to beat Earl Earl, Spence and Crawford right now, but I think a lot of people are forgetting because it’s been a while uh uh, Terence Crawford and Earl Spence.
What would tennis is doing right now to his competition? Earl Spence and Terence Crawford were doing that exact same thing six, seven years ago against the same level of competition yeah when you fight top, when you fight the top guys all the time, there’s gon na be a lot of close fights.
Yeah, there’s not it’s not going to be all exciting stoppages, so I think that’s what the thing that that’s what people are missing right now, all the people, like even a lot of the so-called boxing experts, even Hall of Fame boxers, are picking boost and it’s right Now, to beat Earl, Spence and Terence Crawford, I’m like slow down man like let the guy step up.
First, he definitely passes the eye test right, just like just like just like expensive eye test, just like Spencer Crawford passed eye test five six years ago.
That’S what boots is doing now so yeah, exactly because boots is only the boots is only 25.
yeah.
Exactly exactly he’s.
He’S definitely he’s definitely where they were at at their at that point in their care yeah, you know, yeah uh, definitely he’s the next big name, and you know we got time.
We got time to see it like.
We felt, like he’s retiring tomorrow, he’s only 25 years old yeah.
Well yeah, I don’t know, is there much more to talk about we’re we’re at that we’re almost at that hour yeah.
We are almost our uh.
Let’S have a quick think here.
If we, if we pushed all the buttons thanks for uh joining in today and uh, dropping comments thanks for ice wallow, see you with me, I didn’t want to say it yeah, that’s pretty good! That’S great! I bounced over that earlier.
No one noticed so I thought yeah.
I know I did that’s why I kind of like I kind of made sure that I didn’t do it this time.
That’S a good one! Yeah yo ice! That’S a good one! I like it yeah yeah all right.
Well, all right Lads well enjoy the weekend.
I will see you on Sunday for your respective shows.
I uh hope.
There’S a good knockout um come on Richard Torres.
Jr is fighting this weekend.
Um.
Do you remember his last one? Oh yeah, on a little machenko he’s on the lomachenko in the curtain: uh yeah, yeah, wow, he’s on there, along with Troy, Eisley, Duke Reagan and all the boys, so guys.
What time does that start that one’s at 10 p.
m start so guys find a way to find the live streams on the internet to check out that prelims and that undercard, because I’m telling you right now that is the future of boxing on that undercard! That’S right! There, where are they fighting they’re fighting? Are they in England or something? Oh, it’s it’s taking place at uh late.
I’M just wondering why it’s 10 p.
m.
Start uh! It’S taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York.
It’S because you’re only gon na they’re, probably only gon na show if it’s starting at 10 p.
m, they’re, probably only going to show um.
You know maybe three three of the fights.
Oh, so the undercar is going to be pre-online, then yeah, so the undercard will be free online somewhere guys you’ll have to find it um.
I know there’s many many places out there where you can watch it.
I I don’t know.
If top rank, I think top rank has one uh.
You know like a before the Bell kind of thing: yeah yeah, yeah yeah, so it should be, it should be live on there uh.
Definitely, I’m pretty sure that undercard starts at uh.
6.
15 uh PM eastern time so yeah, it’s uh, it’s a full fight night yeah, it’s a full fight night right.
So definitely you’ll probably see two fights on the uh on the 10 p.
m, which would be the you know, Main Event in the co-main, and then everything else will probably be on the undercard on uh on their YouTube channel.
So definitely got ta check that out guys make sure you watch that you heard it here from me.
I profiled all these guys over the last two years.
Watch these kids trust me yeah all right.
Well, that being said, thank you.
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