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EPISODE: Episode 1
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Oh yeah, hello, boxing fans around the world thanks for joining us once again here on the Friday night panel for another, exciting episode, quick little shout out to our friend, Alex hammers on a train to Washington right now tuned in, especially for the show to see his Good buddy Tim Witherspoon, so I hope Tim joins us.
I haven’t heard back from Tim, yet he might be at an event, though uh, because there’s something going on in Philadelphia tonight, um but anyway, that’s my brief introduction, uh hi JJ, I’m sorry jay uh hi, Mike what up? What’S going on? Hey, I’m uh, I’m all! I want to talk about is the debacle involving a some guy called Tyson Fury Tyson? I might not be in shape to have my fight, Fury yeah.
Speaking of that, did you hear? Did you hear what Caleb plant said about David benavidez? No call them chubby.
He did not look chubby to me so David benavida has said today: uh, I’m not only going to knock him out, I’m going to break his jaw.
While I knock him out, that’s going to be a great fight, okay, all right, all right! Sorry to sorry.
To start off with a bit of humor but uh boxing humor is always good.
It’S like uh! You get these guys.
They just absolutely hate each other uh Caleb plant David benavidez.
They really do from what I can see anyway.
Yeah those are the best fights yeah.
Exactly exactly and and so would have been, the the fight between that Cruiserweight uh music and that Big Fat, Gypsy King sounds about right.
I I’m telling you I’ve said this before I’ve had enough of Tyson Fury, I’ve had enough of them.
I just wish he would step aside.
We’Ve asked him to retire.
Politely, he’s got enough money uh, you know open up his own stable, open up some promotion company, that’s what he wants to do, but just go away and leave the boxing to the boxers and uh time and time again he wants to play games and here’s a Classic example – oh sorry, I said I’d wait for my rant until later on see how we see how easy it is to get me going on that one I mean yeah, it’s funny because you know all the headlines are saying now: um fight off over rematch terms, Like right, you know this is, why does it always seem to? Why does it always seem to fall apart at the last minute? And you know it’s definitely incredible um, you know types of Fury, he is a long-range fighter, but at the same time he would have been fighting a natural Cruise away.
Uh that is highly skilled.
His foot movement is tremendous uh.
I would have seen you said kind of dancing around him and and and and and picking his shots, and you know just playing with him that whole fight and uh kind of evading those uh straight.
You know right hands that uh, the Gypsy can normally uh throws at at the guys.
So it would have been a great fight too bad.
We won’t be able to see it.
Hopefully it happens sometime soon.
I don’t think it will uh, but just to just to tack on to the fighting style of Tyson Fury, I mean you forgot one important component, the way he simply mauls his opponents, like the old arms over the shoulders, um you know, and and and and so Yusik had had come out and said I will.
I will combat that by going after his fat belly, I his word’s, not mine, and I’m just I’m.
You know I’m just the the happy commentator on this one.
I tell you I’ve.
I’Ve seen him in training camp.
Several times you know on TV of course, and I’ve seen him take these body shots and he welcomes them.
I mean he has enough cushion in his in his abdominal area to to be able to take those shots.
So I don’t know he’s got enough cushion for the pushing eh.
Yes, there was a funny picture that came out, though, with him and Sugar Hill Stewart uh, suggesting that Sugar Hill had already begun training with him, but it then got leaked that that was a very earlier potentially last year, photo that had been taken.
So there were Shenanigans going on, I think over there, and I don’t think Tyson ever really did want this fight.
To begin with – and yes he’s got a valid point with respect to the money being made now that uh yusik might go down to the Copper box to fight uh whoever’s next in line, you know, you know what I mean like it’s again: British versus British and It’S on and on and on and on that same, that same line is really too bad.
That uh we couldn’t see.
You said clobber uh Fury.
I would like to have seen that.
Well I mean who do you think might be uh next up uh.
I I have a little commentators talk about uh Deontay Wilder, the Bronx bomber.
You know jumping in there and taking a fury spot uh.
What do you think about that? Eddie Hearn made some interesting comments about his potential if he had his way line up in terms of fights, you know, but it all it all is all contingent on uh whether Jermaine Franklin can knock out Anthony Joshua and auntie and Joshua susceptible to the mental game.
Right, uh and and uh and Jermaine Franklin’s come out and said it this week I mean I love the the honesty that I’m hearing from these guys uh other than Tyson Fury uh with respect to how they’re going to handle their their in-game play.
So to speak, and so it was interesting to hear how Jermaine Franklin uh reasons quite simply that the way to beat Auntie Joshua is just to deliver those those shots repeatedly and mentally uh Joshua’s gon na fall apart.
It was interesting to see that, but anyway, so Eddie Hearn goes on to say you know mentioning other people like Joe Joyce, mentioning people like dillian white again, British Fighters, yada yada, but all I’m reading about these days days are the up-and-coming U.
S fighters in the heavyweight Division and a couple of others from around the world too, but I’m just simply saying like it, is interesting and even when I was on the uh on Carl’s last bell, boxing podcast last night, again they’re just talking about the the English Fighters or the UK fighters.
In general – and they just seem to be oblivious to there’s a there’s – a global boxing movement underway, especially at the heavyweight Division – and these.
These are Big Boys we’re talking about Mike – and I have mentioned it before – like Gypsy King six foot, nine sure.
But there are even bigger boys out there and I can hardly wait until Jared Anderson gets over to the UK and knocks someone’s block off I’m just.
I can hardly wait for that day soon and it’s coming soon yeah.
I believe, I believe, he’s still undefeated yeah.
He is yeah man, yes, he he’s he’s one of the up and coming American uh prospects.
Um.
That is under the top rank banner and uh he’s doing very well.
I believe he has a fight coming up uh.
Would it be under the lomonchenko and uh Haney fight, yep, yep, yep, so anyways? So so fellas like that, like that and uh, we could toss in a few more names just for fun, but we won’t uh, otherwise we’ll be talking until 12 o’clock tonight.
But the reality of it is is uh.
The the the the British just seem to have these blinders on with respect to what’s happening around them.
I mean I mentioned this.
I mentioned this a long time ago, and this is going to be kind of funny.
This would be my last thing.
I have to say about it right, I’m about a year or two ago.
I said you know.
In 1966, England won the World Cup in soccer, slash football; okay, they won the World Cup; okay, they were on top of the world, but they haven’t won a World Cup since because every other country has a different style of play, different guys coming up and the British just ignored it completely continued down that line of doing their own thing haven’t won since okay.
Now I’m not saying British boxing British boxing is well organized well supported, well-funded, uh fans are rabid, okay, but at the end of the day, the British boxing media has to recognize that there’s a global phenomena happening and it’s called boxing and it’s happening in India.
It’S happening in China uh it’s happening down under um, it’s happening Across America.
It’S certainly happening in Mexico um, you know, and now the the reign of terror is over here in Ontario.
Where can Hayashi ruled uh like a dictator? Now it’s over we’re starting to see some fantastic fights up here, too, and and the growth of emergence of some great Fighters up here.
So, given all this, there is now.
Finally, I think a global boxing scene – that’s coalescing uh, certainly covet – has kind of helped in a sense, because we are now communicating online with an audience around the world expressing our opinions inviting opinions.
So anyway, that’s my rant.
Sorry sort of ranted at the beginning of the show for so long.
We typically save my Ranch for the end, but there you go and it’s good to see.
Cedric is out there, listen and supporting our views on Jared Anderson.
He he’s.
Certainly, in my humble opinion, one of the best young heavyweights out there period – oh yeah.
I agree.
I agree all right Mike.
What do we have upcoming in terms of shows? Well, let’s um: let’s talk about what happened uh Montreal on Thursday, oh yes, my Billy won right.
Yes, he did unanimous decision, unanimous decision to uh to take home that WBA and WBC the Continental America super middle title and that International Super middle yep, excellent, yeah um.
What a great great card uh! You know: Steve flaggett, one Simon Keane! He won heavyweight yep yep against Eric Molina too.
So you know it was a little bit of a step up for him.
Uh yeah there were some.
There were some great fights on this uh Layla.
Was it Leela uh both doing we uh? We profiled this girl too yeah.
She came through with a victory last night as well unanimous decision.
Uh JJ.
Did you watch anything on this card? Oh man did I watch it.
You know that main event.
I had to watch it twice because there was so much action.
I mean I would love to watch Mick Billy again.
I tell you one thing: this guy was throwing bombs, the whole fight um and not only bombs.
You know he was dominated the whole fight, but the best thing, one of the things that I like to see is vulnerability in Fighters.
You know, because not you know, you’re you’re not hitting a punching bag.
You know the other fighter has his hands up too he’s throwing his punches and uh gongora in the third round and in the eighth round, uh hit him with a clean uppercut that you know staggered uh.
You know uh mcbilly and you could see that he was hurt, but even if he was hurt, he was just throwing bombs, throwing bombs um towards the middle of the third round.
Mcbilly hit um gongora in the body several times and that really took a lot of the energy away uh from gongora and then right after that, he kind of started dominating all the ways up to the eighth round.
Uh after after he got uh staggered a little bit, then he came back and just continued dominating, but this guy is a must watch uh.
He he needs to be in.
You know on TV uh shown in the entire world because uh you know he’s he’s one of these guys that you could say that he’s next up.
You know he is ranked number 10 in the world uh and and his Division, and you know what I would love to see more of him.
Definitely definitely I’ve been talking about this kid for a while man, you know a 2016 Olympian, uh yo.
He started off extremely aggressive Landing those shots to the head and body.
You know back in gun Gore up uh, however early in that second round, we can’t forget gangora, South buckled and Billy with that left.
Uppercut uh, you know, and Felicia could off continue to fight on that front, foot and uh, while never really comfortable uh.
He won rounds but had to be.
You know, continuously wary of what was coming back.
You know it was a big test for him.
This fight and I’m glad to see that he came through you know it’s not like.
It was an easy fight for him.
He was definitely throwing some bombs and uh.
You know gangora with you know that ring IQ that he has was able to.
You know catch him a couple of times, so it wasn’t, it wasn’t an easy win for him.
He did work for it and he did come through with that big victory to stay undefeated, honestly, what a! What? What a great fight guys, if you haven’t seen it you’ve, got to watch it, we’ll uh, we’ll try and put a link to it in the comments, so you guys can check it out easy uh yeah I was, I was awesome.
It was an awesome fight man.
You know and Billy sees the moment and jumped on gangora unloading everything he had to wear back uh in an early candidate for round of the year, the crowd stood and cheered uh.
You know at the belt to the end of the round.
Uh and Billy stood in this corner soaking in that Applause, you know having gone to the darkest of places, he will never ever uh he’s never ever been in his career, so you know he showed he has huge heart and then some uh, you know he didn’t.
Look to maintain his lead uh.
He came charging now for round nine and looked to score a knockout uh.
It didn’t come, but he hurt kongora uh.
You know the action continued into the tenth and in the final seconds and Glen Gore was visibly hurt by the shot from Billy.
You know lurching into a neutral Corner, um spent from a tough night’s work.
The Bell sounded both rightfully received huge cheers from the excited fans in attendance.
So you know the Big Winners.
Definitely uh were were the people in attendance at uh at that casino to watch out Fight Man, honestly uh.
You know it’s early to say, but hey round of the Year shout out to uh and Billy for that uh.
For that Wicked win – and you know shout out to gongora’s Chin – I mean he definitely has a granite chin uh towards uh between the eighth and the tenth round.
I kind of noticed that he was opening his mouth several times.
You know, I believe he was hurt.
Uh, he might had to probably take a whole food uh full body, ice bath.
You know that that night, I’m sure he’s uh in a lot of pain today, but shout out to his Granite for real for real uh.
There was two fights this afternoon want to touch on them: um, 2 p.
m.
This afternoon the Arthur and Creighton uh this one channel five 2PM Eastern Time, Wasserman boxing lead on uh Downey Lyndon.
Arthur, was originally sent to compete against um Brian serez for that vacant.
Ibo light heavyweight title at the University of Bolton Stadium, which, whereas was forced out due to medical issues, so um yeah this this one got underway today, uh, if you guys, are looking for some some boxing to watch tonight, I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to find This one uh yeah, definitely it’ll, be it’ll, be one to watch.
There’S some nice up-and-comers on this one uh.
You know Chloe Watson, one that I’m always talking about um.
You know we had the debut of Ashley Marin, some uh, some some great women on these cards.
Coming up uh, but yes, a lot of young hungry up and comers uh on this card that went on this afternoon, yeah, definitely and shout outs to women boxing overall you’re, starting to see a lot of more uh women on these fight cards.
I mean you even uh.
With the middle of last year, there was like a whole fight card of nothing but women, fighting uh, shout outs to them.
They’Re coming out uh they’re getting they’re getting their respect, uh and they’re not just get they’re, not it’s not just given to them they’re taking their respect, um they’re.
Now they are starting to get paid what they deserve and, to be honest, I would love for those uh three three minute rounds to just start happening because uh that that will give the fighters the ability to to kind of you know play with their style and And box instead of just you, know, whamming away and and throwing bombs, but that that’s also entertaining my profile.
I profiled the girl today um Bree howling uh, first woman in Canada to fight three minute rounds.
We talked about her today, so uh yeah definitely check that episode out uh.
Also, there was another card that was on this afternoon: the uh Haney and Flatley card uh yeah stokero, Haney, 16-0 6kos and Bolton Mann, Flatley 20, three and one with four shared five rounds of action at the AO arena in Manchester back in September of last year.
On the undercard of George Joseph Parker, heavyweight Collision so uh this one got underway at um 2PM as well uh Eastern Standard Time so uh.
I won’t give you guys what the what the outcome was, because I want you guys to go and watch it.
But yes, there was uh.
There was some great great action on this card.
Uh Moses, ituma, uh, Carol’s brother, was on this one another big guy to watch here in that heavyweight division.
Um we had Ezra Taylor, uh, Macaulay Owen, Owen, Cooper, Brad strand.
All these guys.
You know sub 10 fight undefeated looking to keep that oh uh Nathan, Haney on the card, Jack Flatley for that WBA Continental middle title.
That’S vacant, uh, Raven, Chapman against Linda Lika, for the WBC International feather was on this uh, also Jason Cunningham Miguel Gonzalez.
For that WBO International, Super Bantam title that’s vacant and then headlining it was the Andrew Kane and uh uh, the Belta for the WBC International Silver super Bantam title.
These fights have already happened today, guys so definitely go back youTube it.
Whatever you got to do to check it out some great action this afternoon, but the big fights we got to talk about are coming up tomorrow and they are they are.
They are our our friend, our friend, David light will be taking on none other than Lawrence.
Akoli this one huge can’t wait to see this one.
This show starts at 3, 00 p.
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Eastern Time guys mark it down boxer the promoter, uh yeah man.
I can’t wait to see this one uh thoughts on this Graham um.
I weighed in and said uh to last bell boxing that uh Lawrence akoli is is in for a bit of trouble.
Uh he’s he’s gon na get woken up.
I think by David light.
Maybe I should have said he’s gon na get lit up uh, but uh.
No, I I think that I think I think the British are taking uh the Australian way too lightly and uh.
You know I I I my my money’s on David light uh, you know, honestly, I think you know Peach boxing.
They uh they’ve really really put themselves on the map.
Last year are coming into this year.
You know he’s got a stable full of Champions.
We’Ve got David lightnow fighting for this WBO Championship uh, you know miyam Motu she’s fighting for an IBO ibf titles in the near future.
You know the entire stable is is full of Champions, and you know it’s that style, that peach boxing style that aggressive front foot come forward.
Good defense, but you know, can pack a serious punch.
You know it should be noted.
I think um David lights undefeated.
Yes, he is, he is, he is 20-0 20-0.
So he’s not going to be a pushover like these, British fans are thinking.
No uh light is 20 and all Lauren ciccoli 18-0 um.
You know David light made quick, quick work of um Brandon Blanton.
You know like well, not quick work, he went the distance, but you know that was for the WBO Global Cruiser, which was vacant and the WBO International Cruiser which was vacant um.
You know so I I I can see you know.
I can see a lot of trouble in in the future for Lauren ciccoli, uh, honestly uh, you know David David’s, no slouch um, you know, out of his 20 wins 12 come by way of knockout.
You know he’s.
He is ranked 19th right now in the world out of 1184 and uh yeah man he’s just uh he’s one of those guys he’s very quiet.
You know he doesn’t uh, he doesn’t.
He doesn’t boast about uh his ability in there man, but uh, Hey.
The great white light is uh.
Is gon na put his name on the map tomorrow when he gets in the ring uh against Lauren ciccoli.
I’M super excited for this.
This one uh, you know, there’s some there’s some also some great uh great undercard action.
Yeah there is yeah there is.
You know.
Frankie Stringer is on this one curious art, install yeah, Edwards, Frasier, Clark, Aaron, McKenna, Calum Simpson.
All these guys are undefeated looking to keep that oh uh.
The other title left for grabs on this card is um.
The British English super feather it’s vacant, uh, Michael Gomez, Jr versus uh Levy.
Giles, we’ll see what happens in that old man.
It’S uh! It’S gearing up to be a wonderful Saturday.
You know the undefeated Brit believes he will extend his perfect record of 18 wins no losses with 14 Knockouts uh when, when he defends his WBO championship against the unbeaten New Zealander white, you know Uncle Lee’s.
First, professional victory was in Manchester in May of 2017 less than a year after he competed for team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics when he sensationally stopped Jeffrey Cav in just 20 seconds.
Um your thoughts, okay, well um! I really haven’t had a chance uh to see uh these Fighters uh, I believe uh they’re, always out in uh England, right in the UK um, mainly as I’m continuing uh.
As I’m continuing this journey uh.
I will always uh.
Look you know towards outside of the U.
S, because you know I I’m not just gon na talk about U.
S Fighters.
You know uh, there’s plenty of boxers out there in this world, uh they’re all bringing skills they all bring in that hunger into the game, and you know that is.
Was he saying naughty words yeah? Definitely so it’s uh it’s some homework.
I got ta continue doing my homework uh, but that that’s that’s what you do uh when you’re starting off so hey.
You know uh kudos to you for uh.
You know continuing.
You know to to bring us uh great information about uh.
You know these European Fighters and uh I’m hopefully uh.
You know one day I’ll I’ll get to that position, but uh right now, uh.
I have to do my research a little bit more research on on those Fighters, and you know I’ll be able to talk about it more later on.
Definitely after you know what you’ll be able to talk about it after uh, David light comes away with that WBO title all right, um Northwest owns Jack Adderall 26 one and over 13 kills will be Keen to remind the world that he should be an undefeated Champion Himself, controversial denied a victory against Josh Taylor last February uh.
He had hoped to avenge the night in Glasgow in a rematch with the WBO and Ring magazine people like Champion what, with the Scott sideline injury catarall, must instead turn his attention to a new opponent.
Who will be named in due course um? You know.
Oh towering six foot, six Tokyo, 2020 Olympic bronze medal hero Clark, has won back-to-back fights at the AO Arena and we’ll be looking to make it a hat trick when uh he returns next month.
So yeah there’s a there’s a lot of there’s a lot of good action going on, and I’m super excited to see this one uh.
We will definitely be cheering on our man David light, for this can’t wait and as we progress through these, these upcoming fights uh – and we haven’t done so already.
But you know uh hats off again here to Karis artenstall uh, but that’s going to be a good fight.
That’S not going to be a gim me either! No, and but anyway, I just want to make mention of the women who are fighting in these cards.
Uh and and there’s you mentioned her – I just wanted to mention her again uh to make sure that uh, the boxing fans out there don’t forget that there are women fighting uh on these cards that feature mainly men, but as Jay was pointing out, uh they’ve been Um at least two or three all women cards in the past year alone and a big one coming up, I believe uh in Dublin.
Yes, yes, we got ta talk about it, the big one benavidez versus plants, Saturday, 9, 00 p.
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Eastern Standard Time guys make sure that you remember to set your PVR if you’re gon na miss it you’re not going to want to miss a section you’re, not no undefeated, former two-time WBC super middleweight champion David El Bandera, Roja Benavides.
Is that good Jade did.
I do it right.
The Mexican monster according to Mike Tyson right, yes and former ibf super middleweight champion Caleb plant, will meet in the high stakes 12 round Showdown to settle their long.
Simmering Feud live on Showtime pay-per-view guys make sure you see this one uh Benavides! You know and plant will take their years-long war of words into the ring, as these assertive and hungry super middleweights look to cast their ballots as the division’s.
Next Kingpin, both have had you know, Reigns as champion at 168 and both are eager to once again Ascend to the top of that division as they fight for Benavides interim WBC, super middle title, um, there’s some great great undercurrent action here.
This one is a.
I got I got ta say this one Carl Cody Crawley you’re wondering who he was.
I meant I mentioned him last night.
Yes, Cody Crawley all the card 21-0 taking on Abel Ramos, this one, you know Cody Crawley.
How can you not know this guy man, Canadian? He’S ranked sixth in that welterweight division in the world, so you know he’s he’s knocking on the doorsteps in these championships and people are just you know, they’re sleeping on them, they’re, not really paying attention to who this kid is and honestly for somebody who you know, Self-Taught pretty much from Peterborough of all places, Peterborough Ontario, you know, uh meets meets.
You know Floyd Mayweather.
As a kid and literally as like one day.
You will see me again and you know: guy moves to Vegas gets out.
There starts working with them and you know sky’s the limit for him, but yeah guys don’t sleep on this kid man, Cody Crawley in his last outing it was the first time he was put on his ass and he still came through with the victory.
So yeah be on the looking for this kid man.
This guy is going to uh.
You know make sure that uh Canada’s put on this uh this map – man uh.
You know: benavidez became the youngest ever 168 pound world champion at just 20.
uh when he defeated uh Ronald reveal uh by that split decision for the victim WC title in 2017.
uh.
He now lives and trains in Seattle area.
Benavidez has stamped his place in the super middleweight division with knockout power in both hands, guys uh, you know improving ring Savvy with each fight when he was 15 years old.
He went from weighing 250 pounds to a boxing Prodigy under the watchful eye of his father and trainer, Jose senior and his brother and Defender Jose Jr uh, as he famously held his own, inspiring against middleweight champion Triple G and Peter Quillen.
Many of these is riding a string of six straight knockout victories heading into this boat against plant um.
You know plant, he used his subline boxing skills to rise to the rank of world champion and, in his last fight, showed Big Time power earning 20 22’s knockout of the Year by CBS Sports and boxing scene in a win over Anthony Jerrell wow.
Guys.
Remember that one yeah, oh yeah, he went down with uh left hand to the body, the slight pause and he came right over top Knights out yeah man, and that was planned’s debut performance with the new trainer um Stephen Edwards in October, where he ended a heated Rivalry with Darrell, with that single punch knocking out the former two-time chance to deliver one of 2022’s, most memorable finishes um, you know plant he’s 30 born in Nashville Tennessee.
He now lives in Las Vegas ibf title in a hard unanimous decision victory over um who’s who’s cut.
I can’t even remember how to pronounce that guy’s name.
You guys know who I’m talking about who’s who’s cut cut.
I can’t remember how to pronounce it, but, yes, you guys know man.
It was back in 2019, uh plant dropped him in the second and fourth rounds and cruise to victory for the championship.
Uh, he made three successful title: defenses um.
You know, in addition to unanimous decision win over former Champion Caleb true um, he lost the title in an Undisputed championship against Canelo Alvarez in November of 2021, at times, frustrating Alvarez with his smooth boxing um.
You know before feeding Terrell, to set up his highly anticipated Clash from Benavides, so wow big, big, big action here – man this this one’s going to be the fight of the weekend for sure it’s a great division, eh yeah man, honestly, I’m super super excited for that Division – you know this, this super middle, that that weight is just it’s it’s not it’s an awesome division, lots of action fast.
You know hard-hitting, knockout power.
You can’t you can’t ask for more definitely couldn’t ask for more I’ll.
Tell you one thing: uh David benavidez, the Mexican monster, not a lot of people has been wanting to fight that that guy that’s right.
It’S been a very long time that he’s been calling almost everybody out.
You know, of course, he’s he’s pretty young.
I believe he’s only 26 years old uh, but at the same time you know he he has spent his whole entire young adult life in the gym.
Uh he’s a very skilled Fighter, the only thing uh since he hasn’t been trying getting those high quality fights uh, because everybody’s been running and ducking uh.
You know you watch his fights.
He kind of squares up a little bit.
You know when he’s throwing those punches and, against you know, a a a boxer puncher such as Caleb plant uh.
We got to see what he got against him because believe it or not.
Yes, everybody is rooting for benavidez, but benavidez has never fought.
Somebody like Caleb plant uh, so you know at the same time.
You know I give it 60 40.
You know 60 to benavidez because of his heart, because because of his power in both hands uh, but but you can’t count, you know, okay, the planes come.
He, of course he he can’t he just came off of a knockout win against Darrell, but before that that was his first law, so he really has nothing to lose.
You know what is he going to get another loss? He doesn’t care about that so um.
You know I kind of overheard and the weigh-in uh one of the Charlo Brothers uh.
What was his name, the 160 pound champion uh, you know he was talking about you know.
The way to beat benavidez was to actually come at benavidez.
Benavidez is typically the fighter that is always coming forward.
So, if you put, if you go in the ring – and you start chasing, benavidez he’s not used to backing up while he’s fighting, so that could be the difference in this fight.
Uh will Caleb plant do that.
We don’t know uh, but let’s see, let’s see tomorrow, it’s going to be a spectacular fight, definitely definitely same division as them Billy by the way yeah yeah.
Well.
Do we mention Alvarez same division as Alvarez? I wonder if he’s so, there’s been a lot of controversy about the matchmaking involving Alvarez of late uh, but right now he’s atop that Division and uh.
So it’s going to be a good one.
Yes, yes, it is.
That’S super.
That’S super middle division.
Is you know we got Demetrius Andrade in that one as well um, you know, there’s there’s some.
You know.
Edgar berlanga is in the same division.
Zach jelly yeah.
We got you know, there’s there’s a ton of talent in this division.
Yeah, you know, and so you know, Sal Alvarez sitting at the top.
Yes, you know uh, you got John Ryder in there as well um Vladimir shishkin, David Morrell.
There’S there’s a ton there’s a ton.
I can’t wait to see this one though get underway.
I’M super excited for this one.
Then we also got some more action.
We got more action man, the 25th was gearing up to be the day of fights right like uh Golden Boy.
This one gets underway at 8pm.
Uh you know, Fight Night On The Zone will return with its first Mexico edition of 2023.
of this one yeah.
The main event will feature 10 round super lightweight match between um Jose yeah.
What’S it got yeah you fight after a courageous attempt for that victim, WBC, Junior welterweight, against Regis progress uh last November, and in the co-main event we got Carlos Ocampo uh 34-2 to 22kos will participate in a 10 round super Welter fight when Campbell returns to the Ring after a tough battle against Sebastian Fedora in October, for that WBC, super Welter interim title also on the card – uh, Rafael, uh, Espinoza, 19-0 16ks is scheduled to fight a 10 round featherweight Clash.
Opponents for both will soon be announced guys, but yeah we’re gon na.
I guess we’re gon na find that out last minute right as soon as it gets underway and typically you know uh when, when your sub 10 fights uh, you know and you’re fighting a lower mid-level oppositions and uh they’re they’re, not big money fights.
So sometimes you know you are absolutely ready, you’re in shape you’re in weight.
You go to these fights and your opponent is to be determined.
I mean it happened a couple weeks ago over there when I went down to uh when I went over to California to that fight in San Diego uh.
You know we we could not find a fighter uh for La Roca Lopez, so that fight ended up being postponed until he went down and fought down in Mexico um.
It happens all the time uh.
Even in Big Money fights, it happens, but it’s very seldom.
You know at that point it’s very seldom, so it’s it’s very expected and in the boxing world and one thing my brother-in-law uh told me that in boxing you really don’t know nothing.
You don’t know.
What’S gon na happen, you don’t know.
What’S gon na happen, you know so at the same time always expect the unexpected definitely definitely um.
Also on this card uh in the eight round, super middle fight, uh recently signed Prospect.
Aaron Silva hope.
You guys know if you haven’t watch out for this kid.
He’S 11-0 right now, eight Knockouts uh he’s of Monterey.
Mexico will return to the ring against Jamie Lopez.
Who’S.
Ten and eight with four Knockouts um Silva is coming into the ring after fifth round knockout in December of 2022 against Alan kampa uh, and then opening up the Zone broadcast Miguel Torres 11-1 with 6kos uh will face Kevin Montiel uh, who is six two and two With three Kos in an eight round, super featherweight bound, so not not too many fights on this card, but um.
You know it’s definitely one to watch all of it all.
All these cards are great and it’s not even the last one.
I know the last card because this next card – definitely you guys – are gon na – have to tune into this.
There’S a lot of great fighters on this one.
This one Ramirez call me Junior welterweight battle, yep um yeah this.
This is gon na, be a good one for sure.
Fighting pride of California Central Valley in one of boxing’s pound for pound Queens are joining forces for a special Fresno fight night uh, former unified 140 pound World Champ, Jose Ramirez will meet former lightweight world champion.
Richard RC call me in a 12 round Junior welfare Main Event uh the co-feature will be a world titled unification clash as WBA minimum weight world champion collides with WBC world champion Tina rap Rapids rap rapper Earth.
There we go got it out: Ramirez Comey, Estrada yo.
This is a good one.
Man this one starts 10 p.
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Eastern uh, it’s promoted by top rank with the Bella, entertainment, yeah um.
You know, Ramirez 27-1 17 Kos returns home to the friendly confines of the Save Mart Center, which has hosted six of his previous fights.
Following his 2021 decision defeat to Josh Taylor for that Undisputed Junior Welterweight Title Ramirez rebounded last March, with unanimous decision victory over former two-way world champion Jose Pedraza um, he has been among the sports best 140 pounder since winning the WBC World title over Amir Iman uh.
In March of 2018, after defending that title, twice, Ramirez stopped Maurice hooker in a six brutal rounds to unify the WBC and WBO titles.
Uh Ramirez retained both titles with a hard fought majority decision uh over Victor Postal in August of 2020 and a win.
That’S set up Taylor Showdown, so you know Kami like this kid man from Ghana.
You know made his name as one of the sports top lightweight winning Commonwealth honors before capturing the ibf world title in February 2019.
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His Title reign lasted 10 months, as he knocked a former world champion Ray Beltran before a stunning second round stoppage defeat to tiafoma Lopez.
At Madison Square Garden, uh commie’s lightweight, run ended with the December 2021 decision loss to Sally lomachenko uh last August.
In his Junior welterweight debut he fought to a 10 round draw against Pedraza um and then our girl man, we’ve got to talk about Estrada 23 9kos.
You know returns her hometown State uh unifying the world titles for the first time in her decorated career, the 30 year old veteran turned Pro nearly a dozen years ago and has competed at the world class level in three-way classes.
On 2021, she captured WBA minimum weight and WBO light Flyway titles in consecutive fights vacated that late Flyway title to pursue Undisputed Glory at minimum weight.
She signed the top ranked last year and then returned from a nearly 11-month layoff in November to shut out um valerno.
You guys remember this one.
Oh yeah most definitely you know one of the one of the great things best things about Chinese Estrada.
She fights she loves to bang.
You know she sits down on her punches and she she’s not the type of boxer that will.
You know jump around and, and you know and and potshot you know and and hit you with that Jack.
She will literally stand in front of you with her feet flat on on the canvas and, just you know, start throwing combinations at you.
Um uh, Tina Rupert.
You know she’s not known slouch either.
You know for some reason, she’s a WBC champion.
So you know it’s gon na be a great matchup, definitely um.
You know she has made five defenses of her world title.
You know, after being elevated from interim champion in 2018 uh earlier that year, she toppled uh valet, who is the current ibf in WBO, unified middleweight world champion in July of 2021 uh.
She had joke former world champion Gutierrez by Split Decision following more than a year away from the ring.
She shook off the ring rush to dominate um veteran uh Gasper to set up the Estrada Showdown uh.
You know she has fought all, but one of her Pro fights in Germany and will make nearly a six Thousand Mile journey in hopes of you know, ruining Estrada’s Undisputed goal.
You know she is trying to.
She put.
She put her name on the map with that fastest knockout in women’s boxing history.
If you guys remember against right, like that, one that one showed that one showed pure power, if you guys don’t remember that fight go back to 2020 uh, you know uh.
Was it uh better yet better yet go to the Natalie Brown Show where where’s she absolutely well.
She was very vocal about uh her opinion in terms of matchmaking.
That was what that was horrible matchmaking.
It was let’s be real, like that was a seven second.
Seven punch Throne Victory right, seven punches seven seconds, it was over uh, you know if that matchmaking there you you had to you had a you know.
Miranda Atkins only was you know, fighting local competition like no experience in that world stage, and then you have.
You know Estrada who’s.
You know been fighting on that world stage.
For you know a number of years, so yeah that was that was bad on on the matchmaking part uh.
I can’t wait to see on this card.
We got him Antonio El Gigante Morales, the six foot nine heavyweight from Des Moines Iowa aims for a knockout number.
Seven in a sixth rounds has three first round Knockouts and three second round stoppages on his Ledger.
Already um also lightweight Prospect: Charlie Sheehy uh, the former U.
S amateur star from Brisbane California, makes his third professional appearance in Fresno um Javier Javier Milwaukee made Martinez.
We’Ve talked about this kid before he trains with Ramirez at uh, Robert Garcia boxing Academy will fight an opponent to be named in a six round: middleweight fight and uh yeah.
We can’t forget, we can’t forget lightweight Contender Raymond a danger muratella 16-0 13 Kos uh trained by Robert Garcia, makes his 2023 debut in a 10 rounder uh Morello went 3-0 in 2022, including stoppage victories over veterans, Jeremy Hill and uh Miguel Contreras, so yeah, there’s uh.
There’S lots of action on this card.
This one is.
This is pretty stacked up this one.
Are We Done Yet we? We are now now finished, with all the fights that are going on um, also the opening belt on this card.
I wan na I wan na mention it again.
I mentioned it on Wednesday right now.
This kid guys be on the lookout for this kid to be fast tracked.
You know he is one of the best signed uh, Japanese, boxers uh, you know in the last year.
So beyond, looking for this 26 year old southbound, you know he’s got great Ring IQ uh, he’s from that Tekken gym the uh.
You know the guys who pretty much broad boxing to Japan.
You know something like 36 or something like that world champions they’ve had out of there.
This kid he’s three and all with three Kos.
You know he’s gon na make quick work of this.
One definitely watch out for this kid.
This one is the opening belt.
I can’t I can’t stress it enough man, these Japanese guys, they’ve got the heart, they’ve got the drive, they definitely got the skill and you know they know how to punch man.
They have heavy hands for little guys yeah and they they know what they know.
How to hit they know exactly where it is: Precision, yeah and and too bad that anyway got injured and uh in training.
You know I was really looking forward to him.
Fighting uh Fulton yeah uh in his upcoming match so uh.
Hopefully he heals up pretty quickly.
Uh one already announced yeah.
He Fulton already announced that the fight is still happening.
We just now he’s just waiting.
You know for anyway to to heal up uh that way they could.
You know bring us that impactful fight, you know which the whole entire world is gon na, be watching because I’ll be the first one in front of my TV.
I tell you that much.
Oh definitely, you know he’s a great fighter, but while I just want to point out Mike while we’re on the subject of Asia and Asia is a huge continent spreading from West, I think turkey all the way to Japan, but in nestled in the middle somewhere uh Is Vietnam and I got ta say unbelievably uh a friend, wrote to me and said you know, make sure you mention the fight, that’s happening tomorrow night in Vietnam, wow uh, you don’t often hear about fights in Vietnam, but apparently the Saigon Sports Club at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam being promoted by Jenny, doe of Shadow, entertainment.
Okay, unbelievably, you’ve got a WBA Asia, super middleweight Clash going on between trong ding, Hong and Dao, Juan Bach.
So what was that? First, one again: trong ding, Huang, okay, I’m just checking, I know, sounds about right.
I tried my best try my best, I’m pretty sure my Vietnamese friends will be down my throat on that one.
But uh.
I try my best, but the point is: is uh? It’S a it’s a big card and uh again, as we were saying earlier, boxing is happening around the world, I’ll bet and and uh.
My heart goes out to Richard Comey.
By the way, I really hope he pulls through.
I don’t is he the underdog? Does anyone know, has anyone checked the the uh? Yes, he he he’s.
Definitely the underdog uh.
You know this.
This gentleman, this boxer he’s been in so many battles.
You know he’s been in so many battles.
He has so many rounds.
You know under his belt uh.
He is 36 years of age uh, you know I you know.
I I feel like he’s he’s pretty much on his last leg.
This could be you know, I’m not I’m not.
I haven’t heard nothing or haven’t seen anything but from what I could see.
You know he from the last fight when he fought Pedrosa.
It was unanimous straw.
You know, of course, Pedrosa Puerto Rican fighter.
Joshua he’s not a pushover, but at the same time I don’t see him as a top.
You know Contender uh as a fighter, so you know he had a little hard time with Pedra.
So I really see him on his last leg.
Um.
But, oh you know kudos to him.
It’S such a hard sport.
You know it takes so much out of you.
You know so hard to get in that ring.
You know where you know, because it’s easy for us to talk about it, but for them it’s such a you know a hard journey, um and you know kudos to him and I hope he pulls through you know he has the uh punchers uh.
You know chance.
You know he does have a really good straight right.
You know punch and you know it’s going to be an interesting matchup.
Definitely uh Ramirez is the minus 650 favorite and uh.
You know common.
Is that uh plus 475 Underdog? So you know it’s uh.
It’S looking like they uh, you know they.
They already think the outcome is going to be, but yeah you can’t count out.
Kami, though you can’t, you can’t count them up like I said it only takes one punch to change the whole outcome, yeah all right.
That’S it and and Kami kami’s uh.
You know he he can sneak that in there and uh.
You know you can’t count him out.
He’S uh, you know he’s he’s been in this ring.
He knows he knows what he’s doing and uh yeah we’re.
Definitely gon na see him pull something I think he can pull.
You know, I think he can pull it off man, the guy you know, he’s been in the ring 35 times man.
So he’s, though he’s you know he has ringing experience and you know veterans like that.
He can never count them out, because you know they know these little tips and tricks and things to do, and you know and and at the same time he’s not fighting lomachenko.
You know he’s not fighting the the best.
You know one of the best boxers out there.
You know with the with their angles in the foot movement, you know he’s also fighting Jose Ramirez that typically he likes to stand in front of the the other, his opponent and bang it out.
So you know you’re not gon na get much movement from Ramirez, but that you know so that that’ll give him um a great chance.
You know style makes fights, and you know he he does have that punches.
Uh chance.
You know and and Ramirez has said you know he’s – he said it he’s gone on – you know gone on, quotes and said.
Connie is a champion fight Championship fighter with everything to gain.
He expects the best version of Kami to show up um.
You know so he’s he’s taking he’s not taking it lightly.
Man he’s taking it with a you know, bit of respect for the guy.
You know he is a championship fighter.
He knows what he’s doing in there.
So watch him to be a little uh little cautious.
As it starts, and then you know we’ll see, we’ll see how it goes uh as it progresses nothing but fireworks, that’s it! That’S it.
Oh man, so many fights uh man 52 minutes into holy girl.
Look at that almost almost ate up the whole hour.
Talking about all the fights this weekend, we we have not have any pauses in this whole.
Show I’ll tell you that much, no, no so much to talk about, and then this is where Graham usually does his rant.
I’M sorry almost knocked my speaker over.
No, no, no, I I I I I I said my two cents at the beginning of this I mean uh.
I I think what has happened between Fury and music is a disgrace for boxing, a black guy for boxing uh.
If Yuri wasn’t going to take the fight to begin with, then he just should have walked away, as I’ve always said.
If he, because he’s already said he retired once before so stay retired, then just stop stop.
Because, last year we had this discussion about the heavyweight division being rather clogged and being clogged from an English perspective.
Okay, so realistically uh, are they going to be able to unclog it this year? So, if Yuri finally finally steps down and remains stepped down and then allows some of these younger guys to step up, and – and this is what I want to see – I want to see some – you know some of these Big Fellas have had their chances and failed And now it’s it would be interesting to see what happens honestly between Joshua and Franklin I am looking forward to that is that could go either way too.
You know I’ll, be you know yeah.
If Franklin is as true to his word and he starts nailing, uh, Joshua and Joshua can’t handle it mentally uh.
You know it’ll be lights out so anyway.
So it’s it’s crazy.
You know Jermaine Franklin, you know he’s ranked 35th in that division.
You know in the world and uh it it’s it’s.
It’S incredible that you know the top.
The top eight, the top eight are 33 and older wow in the heavyweight division.
So you know you round up the top 10, the youngest guys Daniel Dubois, 25 Parker’s 31.
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Everybody else is 33 and up so you know that this whole top end of This heavyweight division is getting kind of old right soon, coming to an end, [ Laughter, ], yeah we’ve mentioned a few heavyweight names and uh.
You know our two favorite topics are, you know the the exciting divisions in the men’s side of things, but in particular we always mention the women but the heavyweight.
If we, if we could just finally get to a decent heavyweight fight, yeah Fraser Clerk’s, pretty good uh, but at the end of the day you know I don’t like the way and the British control this through their associations with pay-per-view structuring.
So you know, matchroom has a disown, uh deal um, you know and then there’s this guy, but the point is: is they can only make these fights if they are um, matched against an equal opponent with the same uh Matchmaker? Quite frankly, so so Eddie Hearns kind of left out in the dark, okay, great he’s, hoping Auntie Joshua wins great he’s got he’s got a lineup of three or four fights for Auntie Joshua this year.
If he wins this fight against Franklin, great but there’s a whole other world out there of heavyweight boxers is what I continually say, and and and now we’re starting to see the fruits of that conversation.
Quite frankly, because what I’m telling you, when Jared and steps steps across the pond he’s going to beat the hell out of these guys, he he’s he’s going to come in as fast and furious as uh Mike Tyson did back in the day.
That’S uh! That’S what they’re? That’S what they’re saying? That’S what they believe, man and you know like one day one day, nobody heard of Mike Tyson next day he’s knocking people out left right in the center, and I think that’s what’s going to happen with respect to Jared Anderson people.
People are taking him rather lightly across the pond and they shouldn’t be they uh.
They they breed him.
They breed him really big in Toledo, Ohio, apparently, but but that’s one and he’s only 23 right like if we go by this old man.
Strength thing: he hasn’t even gotten that yet and he’s laying guys out all the time right, also yeah, and then you also got ta you’re, also going to look at um uh Richard Torres man, The Olympian like there’s another guy with some heavy heavy hands, just making Quick work of everybody they put in front of them.
You know we just got to get some better competition in front of you know a couple of these guys.
Jermaine Franklin, though, like you know it’s it’s great.
That he’s got that opportunity um.
If we see if we see the Anthony Joshua of past, I don’t see you know Franklin making too much of a dent in uh in in the rounds that are winning but yeah, but just just like just like Andy Ruiz, everybody was counting him out.
You know, and then he came with the overhand right and just you know laid Joshua out clean.
So you know again, you know, uh Franklin is a shorter fighter.
He’S gon na have to go in there and fight inside, and you know glass jaw better watch for that overhand right yeah.
Definitely definitely, I can’t wait to see it, though it’s gon na be great, so so um shout out to Carl across the pond.
He’S uh letting us know uh that in his opinion, Anderson needs a test uh and adds that Dubois had the balls to jump in with Joyce fair enough um.
But Jared Anderson needs a test before coming over to take on who, who would he take on? I mean he would probably he would I guarantee you.
He would give Tyson Fury a hell of a run, that’s for sure uh, but when you start going down the ladder and that’s what you’re doing after Tyson Fury in that heavyweight division um, I don’t know who yusux gon na end up fighting who’s.
He fighting who’s.
This Challenger he’s mandatory’s now Dubois is that is that right, cam, oh dillian, white! No, I’m one of those two! I can’t remember which one it is, but you know so what you said you should use Music wins, okay at the end of the day, but let’s see, let’s see, let’s see, wilderness well, okay, I’ve often said and and Chad love your opinion on this one uh.
One shot to the head and Wilder is done.
His his brain has already been diagnosed, he’s had uh two major concussions and that’s a brain injury of severity that you cannot take lightly.
You know um, so at the end of the day one punch, the head Wilder is toast and I mean gone so I I would not put Wilder in any serious competition right now.
Just for his Health’s sake.
I really feel sorry for that.
Guy he’s got an immense amount of pride.
He is the bronze bomber.
I do appreciate what he’s attempted to do, but he’s had his day yeah and shouldn’t there be like a concussion Clause.
You know after you know, however, many concussions that you might receive in your in your boxing career shouldn’t.
You know the boxing commissions, you know the boxing Gods shouldn’t they just like forcefully make you retire.
Instead of putting your life on the line.
You know I see this all the time you know these boxers.
You know, you know they come from poverty and they they go into the boxing World.
They get into these fights uh.
Transcribed
Oh yeah, hello, boxing fans around the world thanks for joining us once again here on the Friday night panel for another, exciting episode, quick little shout out to our friend, Alex hammers on a train to Washington right now tuned in, especially for the show to see his Good buddy Tim Witherspoon, so I hope Tim joins us.
I haven’t heard back from Tim, yet he might be at an event, though uh, because there’s something going on in Philadelphia tonight, um but anyway, that’s my brief introduction, uh hi JJ, I’m sorry jay uh hi, Mike what up? What’S going on? Hey, I’m uh, I’m all! I want to talk about is the debacle involving a some guy called Tyson Fury Tyson? I might not be in shape to have my fight, Fury yeah.
Speaking of that, did you hear? Did you hear what Caleb plant said about David benavidez? No call them chubby.
He did not look chubby to me so David benavida has said today: uh, I’m not only going to knock him out, I’m going to break his jaw.
While I knock him out, that’s going to be a great fight, okay, all right, all right! Sorry to sorry.
To start off with a bit of humor but uh boxing humor is always good.
It’S like uh! You get these guys.
They just absolutely hate each other uh Caleb plant David benavidez.
They really do from what I can see anyway.
Yeah those are the best fights yeah.
Exactly exactly and and so would have been, the the fight between that Cruiserweight uh music and that Big Fat, Gypsy King sounds about right.
I I’m telling you I’ve said this before I’ve had enough of Tyson Fury, I’ve had enough of them.
I just wish he would step aside.
We’Ve asked him to retire.
Politely, he’s got enough money uh, you know open up his own stable, open up some promotion company, that’s what he wants to do, but just go away and leave the boxing to the boxers and uh time and time again he wants to play games and here’s a Classic example – oh sorry, I said I’d wait for my rant until later on see how we see how easy it is to get me going on that one I mean yeah, it’s funny because you know all the headlines are saying now: um fight off over rematch terms, Like right, you know this is, why does it always seem to? Why does it always seem to fall apart at the last minute? And you know it’s definitely incredible um, you know types of Fury, he is a long-range fighter, but at the same time he would have been fighting a natural Cruise away.
Uh that is highly skilled.
His foot movement is tremendous uh.
I would have seen you said kind of dancing around him and and and and and picking his shots, and you know just playing with him that whole fight and uh kind of evading those uh straight.
You know right hands that uh, the Gypsy can normally uh throws at at the guys.
So it would have been a great fight too bad.
We won’t be able to see it.
Hopefully it happens sometime soon.
I don’t think it will uh, but just to just to tack on to the fighting style of Tyson Fury, I mean you forgot one important component, the way he simply mauls his opponents, like the old arms over the shoulders, um you know, and and and and so Yusik had had come out and said I will.
I will combat that by going after his fat belly, I his word’s, not mine, and I’m just I’m.
You know I’m just the the happy commentator on this one.
I tell you I’ve.
I’Ve seen him in training camp.
Several times you know on TV of course, and I’ve seen him take these body shots and he welcomes them.
I mean he has enough cushion in his in his abdominal area to to be able to take those shots.
So I don’t know he’s got enough cushion for the pushing eh.
Yes, there was a funny picture that came out, though, with him and Sugar Hill Stewart uh, suggesting that Sugar Hill had already begun training with him, but it then got leaked that that was a very earlier potentially last year, photo that had been taken.
So there were Shenanigans going on, I think over there, and I don’t think Tyson ever really did want this fight.
To begin with – and yes he’s got a valid point with respect to the money being made now that uh yusik might go down to the Copper box to fight uh whoever’s next in line, you know, you know what I mean like it’s again: British versus British and It’S on and on and on and on that same, that same line is really too bad.
That uh we couldn’t see.
You said clobber uh Fury.
I would like to have seen that.
Well I mean who do you think might be uh next up uh.
I I have a little commentators talk about uh Deontay Wilder, the Bronx bomber.
You know jumping in there and taking a fury spot uh.
What do you think about that? Eddie Hearn made some interesting comments about his potential if he had his way line up in terms of fights, you know, but it all it all is all contingent on uh whether Jermaine Franklin can knock out Anthony Joshua and auntie and Joshua susceptible to the mental game.
Right, uh and and uh and Jermaine Franklin’s come out and said it this week I mean I love the the honesty that I’m hearing from these guys uh other than Tyson Fury uh with respect to how they’re going to handle their their in-game play.
So to speak, and so it was interesting to hear how Jermaine Franklin uh reasons quite simply that the way to beat Auntie Joshua is just to deliver those those shots repeatedly and mentally uh Joshua’s gon na fall apart.
It was interesting to see that, but anyway, so Eddie Hearn goes on to say you know mentioning other people like Joe Joyce, mentioning people like dillian white again, British Fighters, yada yada, but all I’m reading about these days days are the up-and-coming U.
S fighters in the heavyweight Division and a couple of others from around the world too, but I’m just simply saying like it, is interesting and even when I was on the uh on Carl’s last bell, boxing podcast last night, again they’re just talking about the the English Fighters or the UK fighters.
In general – and they just seem to be oblivious to there’s a there’s – a global boxing movement underway, especially at the heavyweight Division – and these.
These are Big Boys we’re talking about Mike – and I have mentioned it before – like Gypsy King six foot, nine sure.
But there are even bigger boys out there and I can hardly wait until Jared Anderson gets over to the UK and knocks someone’s block off I’m just.
I can hardly wait for that day soon and it’s coming soon yeah.
I believe, I believe, he’s still undefeated yeah.
He is yeah man, yes, he he’s he’s one of the up and coming American uh prospects.
Um.
That is under the top rank banner and uh he’s doing very well.
I believe he has a fight coming up uh.
Would it be under the lomonchenko and uh Haney fight, yep, yep, yep, so anyways? So so fellas like that, like that and uh, we could toss in a few more names just for fun, but we won’t uh, otherwise we’ll be talking until 12 o’clock tonight.
But the reality of it is is uh.
The the the the British just seem to have these blinders on with respect to what’s happening around them.
I mean I mentioned this.
I mentioned this a long time ago, and this is going to be kind of funny.
This would be my last thing.
I have to say about it right, I’m about a year or two ago.
I said you know.
In 1966, England won the World Cup in soccer, slash football; okay, they won the World Cup; okay, they were on top of the world, but they haven’t won a World Cup since because every other country has a different style of play, different guys coming up and the British just ignored it completely continued down that line of doing their own thing haven’t won since okay.
Now I’m not saying British boxing British boxing is well organized well supported, well-funded, uh fans are rabid, okay, but at the end of the day, the British boxing media has to recognize that there’s a global phenomena happening and it’s called boxing and it’s happening in India.
It’S happening in China uh it’s happening down under um, it’s happening Across America.
It’S certainly happening in Mexico um, you know, and now the the reign of terror is over here in Ontario.
Where can Hayashi ruled uh like a dictator? Now it’s over we’re starting to see some fantastic fights up here, too, and and the growth of emergence of some great Fighters up here.
So, given all this, there is now.
Finally, I think a global boxing scene – that’s coalescing uh, certainly covet – has kind of helped in a sense, because we are now communicating online with an audience around the world expressing our opinions inviting opinions.
So anyway, that’s my rant.
Sorry sort of ranted at the beginning of the show for so long.
We typically save my Ranch for the end, but there you go and it’s good to see.
Cedric is out there, listen and supporting our views on Jared Anderson.
He he’s.
Certainly, in my humble opinion, one of the best young heavyweights out there period – oh yeah.
I agree.
I agree all right Mike.
What do we have upcoming in terms of shows? Well, let’s um: let’s talk about what happened uh Montreal on Thursday, oh yes, my Billy won right.
Yes, he did unanimous decision, unanimous decision to uh to take home that WBA and WBC the Continental America super middle title and that International Super middle yep, excellent, yeah um.
What a great great card uh! You know: Steve flaggett, one Simon Keane! He won heavyweight yep yep against Eric Molina too.
So you know it was a little bit of a step up for him.
Uh yeah there were some.
There were some great fights on this uh Layla.
Was it Leela uh both doing we uh? We profiled this girl too yeah.
She came through with a victory last night as well unanimous decision.
Uh JJ.
Did you watch anything on this card? Oh man did I watch it.
You know that main event.
I had to watch it twice because there was so much action.
I mean I would love to watch Mick Billy again.
I tell you one thing: this guy was throwing bombs, the whole fight um and not only bombs.
You know he was dominated the whole fight, but the best thing, one of the things that I like to see is vulnerability in Fighters.
You know, because not you know, you’re you’re not hitting a punching bag.
You know the other fighter has his hands up too he’s throwing his punches and uh gongora in the third round and in the eighth round, uh hit him with a clean uppercut that you know staggered uh.
You know uh mcbilly and you could see that he was hurt, but even if he was hurt, he was just throwing bombs, throwing bombs um towards the middle of the third round.
Mcbilly hit um gongora in the body several times and that really took a lot of the energy away uh from gongora and then right after that, he kind of started dominating all the ways up to the eighth round.
Uh after after he got uh staggered a little bit, then he came back and just continued dominating, but this guy is a must watch uh.
He he needs to be in.
You know on TV uh shown in the entire world because uh you know he’s he’s one of these guys that you could say that he’s next up.
You know he is ranked number 10 in the world uh and and his Division, and you know what I would love to see more of him.
Definitely definitely I’ve been talking about this kid for a while man, you know a 2016 Olympian, uh yo.
He started off extremely aggressive Landing those shots to the head and body.
You know back in gun Gore up uh, however early in that second round, we can’t forget gangora, South buckled and Billy with that left.
Uppercut uh, you know, and Felicia could off continue to fight on that front, foot and uh, while never really comfortable uh.
He won rounds but had to be.
You know, continuously wary of what was coming back.
You know it was a big test for him.
This fight and I’m glad to see that he came through you know it’s not like.
It was an easy fight for him.
He was definitely throwing some bombs and uh.
You know gangora with you know that ring IQ that he has was able to.
You know catch him a couple of times, so it wasn’t, it wasn’t an easy win for him.
He did work for it and he did come through with that big victory to stay undefeated, honestly, what a! What? What a great fight guys, if you haven’t seen it you’ve, got to watch it, we’ll uh, we’ll try and put a link to it in the comments, so you guys can check it out easy uh yeah I was, I was awesome.
It was an awesome fight man.
You know and Billy sees the moment and jumped on gangora unloading everything he had to wear back uh in an early candidate for round of the year, the crowd stood and cheered uh.
You know at the belt to the end of the round.
Uh and Billy stood in this corner soaking in that Applause, you know having gone to the darkest of places, he will never ever uh he’s never ever been in his career, so you know he showed he has huge heart and then some uh, you know he didn’t.
Look to maintain his lead uh.
He came charging now for round nine and looked to score a knockout uh.
It didn’t come, but he hurt kongora uh.
You know the action continued into the tenth and in the final seconds and Glen Gore was visibly hurt by the shot from Billy.
You know lurching into a neutral Corner, um spent from a tough night’s work.
The Bell sounded both rightfully received huge cheers from the excited fans in attendance.
So you know the Big Winners.
Definitely uh were were the people in attendance at uh at that casino to watch out Fight Man, honestly uh.
You know it’s early to say, but hey round of the Year shout out to uh and Billy for that uh.
For that Wicked win – and you know shout out to gongora’s Chin – I mean he definitely has a granite chin uh towards uh between the eighth and the tenth round.
I kind of noticed that he was opening his mouth several times.
You know, I believe he was hurt.
Uh, he might had to probably take a whole food uh full body, ice bath.
You know that that night, I’m sure he’s uh in a lot of pain today, but shout out to his Granite for real for real uh.
There was two fights this afternoon want to touch on them: um, 2 p.
m.
This afternoon the Arthur and Creighton uh this one channel five 2PM Eastern Time, Wasserman boxing lead on uh Downey Lyndon.
Arthur, was originally sent to compete against um Brian serez for that vacant.
Ibo light heavyweight title at the University of Bolton Stadium, which, whereas was forced out due to medical issues, so um yeah this this one got underway today, uh, if you guys, are looking for some some boxing to watch tonight, I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to find This one uh yeah, definitely it’ll, be it’ll, be one to watch.
There’S some nice up-and-comers on this one uh.
You know Chloe Watson, one that I’m always talking about um.
You know we had the debut of Ashley Marin, some uh, some some great women on these cards.
Coming up uh, but yes, a lot of young hungry up and comers uh on this card that went on this afternoon, yeah, definitely and shout outs to women boxing overall you’re, starting to see a lot of more uh women on these fight cards.
I mean you even uh.
With the middle of last year, there was like a whole fight card of nothing but women, fighting uh, shout outs to them.
They’Re coming out uh they’re getting they’re getting their respect, uh and they’re not just get they’re, not it’s not just given to them they’re taking their respect, um they’re.
Now they are starting to get paid what they deserve and, to be honest, I would love for those uh three three minute rounds to just start happening because uh that that will give the fighters the ability to to kind of you know play with their style and And box instead of just you, know, whamming away and and throwing bombs, but that that’s also entertaining my profile.
I profiled the girl today um Bree howling uh, first woman in Canada to fight three minute rounds.
We talked about her today, so uh yeah definitely check that episode out uh.
Also, there was another card that was on this afternoon: the uh Haney and Flatley card uh yeah stokero, Haney, 16-0 6kos and Bolton Mann, Flatley 20, three and one with four shared five rounds of action at the AO arena in Manchester back in September of last year.
On the undercard of George Joseph Parker, heavyweight Collision so uh this one got underway at um 2PM as well uh Eastern Standard Time so uh.
I won’t give you guys what the what the outcome was, because I want you guys to go and watch it.
But yes, there was uh.
There was some great great action on this card.
Uh Moses, ituma, uh, Carol’s brother, was on this one another big guy to watch here in that heavyweight division.
Um we had Ezra Taylor, uh, Macaulay Owen, Owen, Cooper, Brad strand.
All these guys.
You know sub 10 fight undefeated looking to keep that oh uh Nathan, Haney on the card, Jack Flatley for that WBA Continental middle title.
That’S vacant, uh, Raven, Chapman against Linda Lika, for the WBC International feather was on this uh, also Jason Cunningham Miguel Gonzalez.
For that WBO International, Super Bantam title that’s vacant and then headlining it was the Andrew Kane and uh uh, the Belta for the WBC International Silver super Bantam title.
These fights have already happened today, guys so definitely go back youTube it.
Whatever you got to do to check it out some great action this afternoon, but the big fights we got to talk about are coming up tomorrow and they are they are.
They are our our friend, our friend, David light will be taking on none other than Lawrence.
Akoli this one huge can’t wait to see this one.
This show starts at 3, 00 p.
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Eastern Time guys mark it down boxer the promoter, uh yeah man.
I can’t wait to see this one uh thoughts on this Graham um.
I weighed in and said uh to last bell boxing that uh Lawrence akoli is is in for a bit of trouble.
Uh he’s he’s gon na get woken up.
I think by David light.
Maybe I should have said he’s gon na get lit up uh, but uh.
No, I I think that I think I think the British are taking uh the Australian way too lightly and uh.
You know I I I my my money’s on David light uh, you know, honestly, I think you know Peach boxing.
They uh they’ve really really put themselves on the map.
Last year are coming into this year.
You know he’s got a stable full of Champions.
We’Ve got David lightnow fighting for this WBO Championship uh, you know miyam Motu she’s fighting for an IBO ibf titles in the near future.
You know the entire stable is is full of Champions, and you know it’s that style, that peach boxing style that aggressive front foot come forward.
Good defense, but you know, can pack a serious punch.
You know it should be noted.
I think um David lights undefeated.
Yes, he is, he is, he is 20-0 20-0.
So he’s not going to be a pushover like these, British fans are thinking.
No uh light is 20 and all Lauren ciccoli 18-0 um.
You know David light made quick, quick work of um Brandon Blanton.
You know like well, not quick work, he went the distance, but you know that was for the WBO Global Cruiser, which was vacant and the WBO International Cruiser which was vacant um.
You know so I I I can see you know.
I can see a lot of trouble in in the future for Lauren ciccoli, uh, honestly uh, you know David David’s, no slouch um, you know, out of his 20 wins 12 come by way of knockout.
You know he’s.
He is ranked 19th right now in the world out of 1184 and uh yeah man he’s just uh he’s one of those guys he’s very quiet.
You know he doesn’t uh, he doesn’t.
He doesn’t boast about uh his ability in there man, but uh, Hey.
The great white light is uh.
Is gon na put his name on the map tomorrow when he gets in the ring uh against Lauren ciccoli.
I’M super excited for this.
This one uh, you know, there’s some there’s some also some great uh great undercard action.
Yeah there is yeah there is.
You know.
Frankie Stringer is on this one curious art, install yeah, Edwards, Frasier, Clark, Aaron, McKenna, Calum Simpson.
All these guys are undefeated looking to keep that oh uh.
The other title left for grabs on this card is um.
The British English super feather it’s vacant, uh, Michael Gomez, Jr versus uh Levy.
Giles, we’ll see what happens in that old man.
It’S uh! It’S gearing up to be a wonderful Saturday.
You know the undefeated Brit believes he will extend his perfect record of 18 wins no losses with 14 Knockouts uh when, when he defends his WBO championship against the unbeaten New Zealander white, you know Uncle Lee’s.
First, professional victory was in Manchester in May of 2017 less than a year after he competed for team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics when he sensationally stopped Jeffrey Cav in just 20 seconds.
Um your thoughts, okay, well um! I really haven’t had a chance uh to see uh these Fighters uh, I believe uh they’re, always out in uh England, right in the UK um, mainly as I’m continuing uh.
As I’m continuing this journey uh.
I will always uh.
Look you know towards outside of the U.
S, because you know I I’m not just gon na talk about U.
S Fighters.
You know uh, there’s plenty of boxers out there in this world, uh they’re all bringing skills they all bring in that hunger into the game, and you know that is.
Was he saying naughty words yeah? Definitely so it’s uh it’s some homework.
I got ta continue doing my homework uh, but that that’s that’s what you do uh when you’re starting off so hey.
You know uh kudos to you for uh.
You know continuing.
You know to to bring us uh great information about uh.
You know these European Fighters and uh I’m hopefully uh.
You know one day I’ll I’ll get to that position, but uh right now, uh.
I have to do my research a little bit more research on on those Fighters, and you know I’ll be able to talk about it more later on.
Definitely after you know what you’ll be able to talk about it after uh, David light comes away with that WBO title all right, um Northwest owns Jack Adderall 26 one and over 13 kills will be Keen to remind the world that he should be an undefeated Champion Himself, controversial denied a victory against Josh Taylor last February uh.
He had hoped to avenge the night in Glasgow in a rematch with the WBO and Ring magazine people like Champion what, with the Scott sideline injury catarall, must instead turn his attention to a new opponent.
Who will be named in due course um? You know.
Oh towering six foot, six Tokyo, 2020 Olympic bronze medal hero Clark, has won back-to-back fights at the AO Arena and we’ll be looking to make it a hat trick when uh he returns next month.
So yeah there’s a there’s a lot of there’s a lot of good action going on, and I’m super excited to see this one uh.
We will definitely be cheering on our man David light, for this can’t wait and as we progress through these, these upcoming fights uh – and we haven’t done so already.
But you know uh hats off again here to Karis artenstall uh, but that’s going to be a good fight.
That’S not going to be a gim me either! No, and but anyway, I just want to make mention of the women who are fighting in these cards.
Uh and and there’s you mentioned her – I just wanted to mention her again uh to make sure that uh, the boxing fans out there don’t forget that there are women fighting uh on these cards that feature mainly men, but as Jay was pointing out, uh they’ve been Um at least two or three all women cards in the past year alone and a big one coming up, I believe uh in Dublin.
Yes, yes, we got ta talk about it, the big one benavidez versus plants, Saturday, 9, 00 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time guys make sure that you remember to set your PVR if you’re gon na miss it you’re not going to want to miss a section you’re, not no undefeated, former two-time WBC super middleweight champion David El Bandera, Roja Benavides.
Is that good Jade did.
I do it right.
The Mexican monster according to Mike Tyson right, yes and former ibf super middleweight champion Caleb plant, will meet in the high stakes 12 round Showdown to settle their long.
Simmering Feud live on Showtime pay-per-view guys make sure you see this one uh Benavides! You know and plant will take their years-long war of words into the ring, as these assertive and hungry super middleweights look to cast their ballots as the division’s.
Next Kingpin, both have had you know, Reigns as champion at 168 and both are eager to once again Ascend to the top of that division as they fight for Benavides interim WBC, super middle title, um, there’s some great great undercurrent action here.
This one is a.
I got I got ta say this one Carl Cody Crawley you’re wondering who he was.
I meant I mentioned him last night.
Yes, Cody Crawley all the card 21-0 taking on Abel Ramos, this one, you know Cody Crawley.
How can you not know this guy man, Canadian? He’S ranked sixth in that welterweight division in the world, so you know he’s he’s knocking on the doorsteps in these championships and people are just you know, they’re sleeping on them, they’re, not really paying attention to who this kid is and honestly for somebody who you know, Self-Taught pretty much from Peterborough of all places, Peterborough Ontario, you know, uh meets meets.
You know Floyd Mayweather.
As a kid and literally as like one day.
You will see me again and you know: guy moves to Vegas gets out.
There starts working with them and you know sky’s the limit for him, but yeah guys don’t sleep on this kid man, Cody Crawley in his last outing it was the first time he was put on his ass and he still came through with the victory.
So yeah be on the looking for this kid man.
This guy is going to uh.
You know make sure that uh Canada’s put on this uh this map – man uh.
You know: benavidez became the youngest ever 168 pound world champion at just 20.
uh when he defeated uh Ronald reveal uh by that split decision for the victim WC title in 2017.
uh.
He now lives and trains in Seattle area.
Benavidez has stamped his place in the super middleweight division with knockout power in both hands, guys uh, you know improving ring Savvy with each fight when he was 15 years old.
He went from weighing 250 pounds to a boxing Prodigy under the watchful eye of his father and trainer, Jose senior and his brother and Defender Jose Jr uh, as he famously held his own, inspiring against middleweight champion Triple G and Peter Quillen.
Many of these is riding a string of six straight knockout victories heading into this boat against plant um.
You know plant, he used his subline boxing skills to rise to the rank of world champion and, in his last fight, showed Big Time power earning 20 22’s knockout of the Year by CBS Sports and boxing scene in a win over Anthony Jerrell wow.
Guys.
Remember that one yeah, oh yeah, he went down with uh left hand to the body, the slight pause and he came right over top Knights out yeah man, and that was planned’s debut performance with the new trainer um Stephen Edwards in October, where he ended a heated Rivalry with Darrell, with that single punch knocking out the former two-time chance to deliver one of 2022’s, most memorable finishes um, you know plant he’s 30 born in Nashville Tennessee.
He now lives in Las Vegas ibf title in a hard unanimous decision victory over um who’s who’s cut.
I can’t even remember how to pronounce that guy’s name.
You guys know who I’m talking about who’s who’s cut cut.
I can’t remember how to pronounce it, but, yes, you guys know man.
It was back in 2019, uh plant dropped him in the second and fourth rounds and cruise to victory for the championship.
Uh, he made three successful title: defenses um.
You know, in addition to unanimous decision win over former Champion Caleb true um, he lost the title in an Undisputed championship against Canelo Alvarez in November of 2021, at times, frustrating Alvarez with his smooth boxing um.
You know before feeding Terrell, to set up his highly anticipated Clash from Benavides, so wow big, big, big action here – man this this one’s going to be the fight of the weekend for sure it’s a great division, eh yeah man, honestly, I’m super super excited for that Division – you know this, this super middle, that that weight is just it’s it’s not it’s an awesome division, lots of action fast.
You know hard-hitting, knockout power.
You can’t you can’t ask for more definitely couldn’t ask for more I’ll.
Tell you one thing: uh David benavidez, the Mexican monster, not a lot of people has been wanting to fight that that guy that’s right.
It’S been a very long time that he’s been calling almost everybody out.
You know, of course, he’s he’s pretty young.
I believe he’s only 26 years old uh, but at the same time you know he he has spent his whole entire young adult life in the gym.
Uh he’s a very skilled Fighter, the only thing uh since he hasn’t been trying getting those high quality fights uh, because everybody’s been running and ducking uh.
You know you watch his fights.
He kind of squares up a little bit.
You know when he’s throwing those punches and, against you know, a a a boxer puncher such as Caleb plant uh.
We got to see what he got against him because believe it or not.
Yes, everybody is rooting for benavidez, but benavidez has never fought.
Somebody like Caleb plant uh, so you know at the same time.
You know I give it 60 40.
You know 60 to benavidez because of his heart, because because of his power in both hands uh, but but you can’t count, you know, okay, the planes come.
He, of course he he can’t he just came off of a knockout win against Darrell, but before that that was his first law, so he really has nothing to lose.
You know what is he going to get another loss? He doesn’t care about that so um.
You know I kind of overheard and the weigh-in uh one of the Charlo Brothers uh.
What was his name, the 160 pound champion uh, you know he was talking about you know.
The way to beat benavidez was to actually come at benavidez.
Benavidez is typically the fighter that is always coming forward.
So, if you put, if you go in the ring – and you start chasing, benavidez he’s not used to backing up while he’s fighting, so that could be the difference in this fight.
Uh will Caleb plant do that.
We don’t know uh, but let’s see, let’s see tomorrow, it’s going to be a spectacular fight, definitely definitely same division as them Billy by the way yeah yeah.
Well.
Do we mention Alvarez same division as Alvarez? I wonder if he’s so, there’s been a lot of controversy about the matchmaking involving Alvarez of late uh, but right now he’s atop that Division and uh.
So it’s going to be a good one.
Yes, yes, it is.
That’S super.
That’S super middle division.
Is you know we got Demetrius Andrade in that one as well um, you know, there’s there’s some.
You know.
Edgar berlanga is in the same division.
Zach jelly yeah.
We got you know, there’s there’s a ton of talent in this division.
Yeah, you know, and so you know, Sal Alvarez sitting at the top.
Yes, you know uh, you got John Ryder in there as well um Vladimir shishkin, David Morrell.
There’S there’s a ton there’s a ton.
I can’t wait to see this one though get underway.
I’M super excited for this one.
Then we also got some more action.
We got more action man, the 25th was gearing up to be the day of fights right like uh Golden Boy.
This one gets underway at 8pm.
Uh you know, Fight Night On The Zone will return with its first Mexico edition of 2023.
of this one yeah.
The main event will feature 10 round super lightweight match between um Jose yeah.
What’S it got yeah you fight after a courageous attempt for that victim, WBC, Junior welterweight, against Regis progress uh last November, and in the co-main event we got Carlos Ocampo uh 34-2 to 22kos will participate in a 10 round super Welter fight when Campbell returns to the Ring after a tough battle against Sebastian Fedora in October, for that WBC, super Welter interim title also on the card – uh, Rafael, uh, Espinoza, 19-0 16ks is scheduled to fight a 10 round featherweight Clash.
Opponents for both will soon be announced guys, but yeah we’re gon na.
I guess we’re gon na find that out last minute right as soon as it gets underway and typically you know uh when, when your sub 10 fights uh, you know and you’re fighting a lower mid-level oppositions and uh they’re they’re, not big money fights.
So sometimes you know you are absolutely ready, you’re in shape you’re in weight.
You go to these fights and your opponent is to be determined.
I mean it happened a couple weeks ago over there when I went down to uh when I went over to California to that fight in San Diego uh.
You know we we could not find a fighter uh for La Roca Lopez, so that fight ended up being postponed until he went down and fought down in Mexico um.
It happens all the time uh.
Even in Big Money fights, it happens, but it’s very seldom.
You know at that point it’s very seldom, so it’s it’s very expected and in the boxing world and one thing my brother-in-law uh told me that in boxing you really don’t know nothing.
You don’t know.
What’S gon na happen, you don’t know.
What’S gon na happen, you know so at the same time always expect the unexpected definitely definitely um.
Also on this card uh in the eight round, super middle fight, uh recently signed Prospect.
Aaron Silva hope.
You guys know if you haven’t watch out for this kid.
He’S 11-0 right now, eight Knockouts uh he’s of Monterey.
Mexico will return to the ring against Jamie Lopez.
Who’S.
Ten and eight with four Knockouts um Silva is coming into the ring after fifth round knockout in December of 2022 against Alan kampa uh, and then opening up the Zone broadcast Miguel Torres 11-1 with 6kos uh will face Kevin Montiel uh, who is six two and two With three Kos in an eight round, super featherweight bound, so not not too many fights on this card, but um.
You know it’s definitely one to watch all of it all.
All these cards are great and it’s not even the last one.
I know the last card because this next card – definitely you guys – are gon na – have to tune into this.
There’S a lot of great fighters on this one.
This one Ramirez call me Junior welterweight battle, yep um yeah this.
This is gon na, be a good one for sure.
Fighting pride of California Central Valley in one of boxing’s pound for pound Queens are joining forces for a special Fresno fight night uh, former unified 140 pound World Champ, Jose Ramirez will meet former lightweight world champion.
Richard RC call me in a 12 round Junior welfare Main Event uh the co-feature will be a world titled unification clash as WBA minimum weight world champion collides with WBC world champion Tina rap Rapids rap rapper Earth.
There we go got it out: Ramirez Comey, Estrada yo.
This is a good one.
Man this one starts 10 p.
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Eastern uh, it’s promoted by top rank with the Bella, entertainment, yeah um.
You know, Ramirez 27-1 17 Kos returns home to the friendly confines of the Save Mart Center, which has hosted six of his previous fights.
Following his 2021 decision defeat to Josh Taylor for that Undisputed Junior Welterweight Title Ramirez rebounded last March, with unanimous decision victory over former two-way world champion Jose Pedraza um, he has been among the sports best 140 pounder since winning the WBC World title over Amir Iman uh.
In March of 2018, after defending that title, twice, Ramirez stopped Maurice hooker in a six brutal rounds to unify the WBC and WBO titles.
Uh Ramirez retained both titles with a hard fought majority decision uh over Victor Postal in August of 2020 and a win.
That’S set up Taylor Showdown, so you know Kami like this kid man from Ghana.
You know made his name as one of the sports top lightweight winning Commonwealth honors before capturing the ibf world title in February 2019.
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His Title reign lasted 10 months, as he knocked a former world champion Ray Beltran before a stunning second round stoppage defeat to tiafoma Lopez.
At Madison Square Garden, uh commie’s lightweight, run ended with the December 2021 decision loss to Sally lomachenko uh last August.
In his Junior welterweight debut he fought to a 10 round draw against Pedraza um and then our girl man, we’ve got to talk about Estrada 23 9kos.
You know returns her hometown State uh unifying the world titles for the first time in her decorated career, the 30 year old veteran turned Pro nearly a dozen years ago and has competed at the world class level in three-way classes.
On 2021, she captured WBA minimum weight and WBO light Flyway titles in consecutive fights vacated that late Flyway title to pursue Undisputed Glory at minimum weight.
She signed the top ranked last year and then returned from a nearly 11-month layoff in November to shut out um valerno.
You guys remember this one.
Oh yeah most definitely you know one of the one of the great things best things about Chinese Estrada.
She fights she loves to bang.
You know she sits down on her punches and she she’s not the type of boxer that will.
You know jump around and, and you know and and potshot you know and and hit you with that Jack.
She will literally stand in front of you with her feet flat on on the canvas and, just you know, start throwing combinations at you.
Um uh, Tina Rupert.
You know she’s not known slouch either.
You know for some reason, she’s a WBC champion.
So you know it’s gon na be a great matchup, definitely um.
You know she has made five defenses of her world title.
You know, after being elevated from interim champion in 2018 uh earlier that year, she toppled uh valet, who is the current ibf in WBO, unified middleweight world champion in July of 2021 uh.
She had joke former world champion Gutierrez by Split Decision following more than a year away from the ring.
She shook off the ring rush to dominate um veteran uh Gasper to set up the Estrada Showdown uh.
You know she has fought all, but one of her Pro fights in Germany and will make nearly a six Thousand Mile journey in hopes of you know, ruining Estrada’s Undisputed goal.
You know she is trying to.
She put.
She put her name on the map with that fastest knockout in women’s boxing history.
If you guys remember against right, like that, one that one showed that one showed pure power, if you guys don’t remember that fight go back to 2020 uh, you know uh.
Was it uh better yet better yet go to the Natalie Brown Show where where’s she absolutely well.
She was very vocal about uh her opinion in terms of matchmaking.
That was what that was horrible matchmaking.
It was let’s be real, like that was a seven second.
Seven punch Throne Victory right, seven punches seven seconds, it was over uh, you know if that matchmaking there you you had to you had a you know.
Miranda Atkins only was you know, fighting local competition like no experience in that world stage, and then you have.
You know Estrada who’s.
You know been fighting on that world stage.
For you know a number of years, so yeah that was that was bad on on the matchmaking part uh.
I can’t wait to see on this card.
We got him Antonio El Gigante Morales, the six foot nine heavyweight from Des Moines Iowa aims for a knockout number.
Seven in a sixth rounds has three first round Knockouts and three second round stoppages on his Ledger.
Already um also lightweight Prospect: Charlie Sheehy uh, the former U.
S amateur star from Brisbane California, makes his third professional appearance in Fresno um Javier Javier Milwaukee made Martinez.
We’Ve talked about this kid before he trains with Ramirez at uh, Robert Garcia boxing Academy will fight an opponent to be named in a six round: middleweight fight and uh yeah.
We can’t forget, we can’t forget lightweight Contender Raymond a danger muratella 16-0 13 Kos uh trained by Robert Garcia, makes his 2023 debut in a 10 rounder uh Morello went 3-0 in 2022, including stoppage victories over veterans, Jeremy Hill and uh Miguel Contreras, so yeah, there’s uh.
There’S lots of action on this card.
This one is.
This is pretty stacked up this one.
Are We Done Yet we? We are now now finished, with all the fights that are going on um, also the opening belt on this card.
I wan na I wan na mention it again.
I mentioned it on Wednesday right now.
This kid guys be on the lookout for this kid to be fast tracked.
You know he is one of the best signed uh, Japanese, boxers uh, you know in the last year.
So beyond, looking for this 26 year old southbound, you know he’s got great Ring IQ uh, he’s from that Tekken gym the uh.
You know the guys who pretty much broad boxing to Japan.
You know something like 36 or something like that world champions they’ve had out of there.
This kid he’s three and all with three Kos.
You know he’s gon na make quick work of this.
One definitely watch out for this kid.
This one is the opening belt.
I can’t I can’t stress it enough man, these Japanese guys, they’ve got the heart, they’ve got the drive, they definitely got the skill and you know they know how to punch man.
They have heavy hands for little guys yeah and they they know what they know.
How to hit they know exactly where it is: Precision, yeah and and too bad that anyway got injured and uh in training.
You know I was really looking forward to him.
Fighting uh Fulton yeah uh in his upcoming match so uh.
Hopefully he heals up pretty quickly.
Uh one already announced yeah.
He Fulton already announced that the fight is still happening.
We just now he’s just waiting.
You know for anyway to to heal up uh that way they could.
You know bring us that impactful fight, you know which the whole entire world is gon na, be watching because I’ll be the first one in front of my TV.
I tell you that much.
Oh definitely, you know he’s a great fighter, but while I just want to point out Mike while we’re on the subject of Asia and Asia is a huge continent spreading from West, I think turkey all the way to Japan, but in nestled in the middle somewhere uh Is Vietnam and I got ta say unbelievably uh a friend, wrote to me and said you know, make sure you mention the fight, that’s happening tomorrow night in Vietnam, wow uh, you don’t often hear about fights in Vietnam, but apparently the Saigon Sports Club at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam being promoted by Jenny, doe of Shadow, entertainment.
Okay, unbelievably, you’ve got a WBA Asia, super middleweight Clash going on between trong ding, Hong and Dao, Juan Bach.
So what was that? First, one again: trong ding, Huang, okay, I’m just checking, I know, sounds about right.
I tried my best try my best, I’m pretty sure my Vietnamese friends will be down my throat on that one.
But uh.
I try my best, but the point is: is uh? It’S a it’s a big card and uh again, as we were saying earlier, boxing is happening around the world, I’ll bet and and uh.
My heart goes out to Richard Comey.
By the way, I really hope he pulls through.
I don’t is he the underdog? Does anyone know, has anyone checked the the uh? Yes, he he he’s.
Definitely the underdog uh.
You know this.
This gentleman, this boxer he’s been in so many battles.
You know he’s been in so many battles.
He has so many rounds.
You know under his belt uh.
He is 36 years of age uh, you know I you know.
I I feel like he’s he’s pretty much on his last leg.
This could be you know, I’m not I’m not.
I haven’t heard nothing or haven’t seen anything but from what I could see.
You know he from the last fight when he fought Pedrosa.
It was unanimous straw.
You know, of course, Pedrosa Puerto Rican fighter.
Joshua he’s not a pushover, but at the same time I don’t see him as a top.
You know Contender uh as a fighter, so you know he had a little hard time with Pedra.
So I really see him on his last leg.
Um.
But, oh you know kudos to him.
It’S such a hard sport.
You know it takes so much out of you.
You know so hard to get in that ring.
You know where you know, because it’s easy for us to talk about it, but for them it’s such a you know a hard journey, um and you know kudos to him and I hope he pulls through you know he has the uh punchers uh.
You know chance.
You know he does have a really good straight right.
You know punch and you know it’s going to be an interesting matchup.
Definitely uh Ramirez is the minus 650 favorite and uh.
You know common.
Is that uh plus 475 Underdog? So you know it’s uh.
It’S looking like they uh, you know they.
They already think the outcome is going to be, but yeah you can’t count out.
Kami, though you can’t, you can’t count them up like I said it only takes one punch to change the whole outcome, yeah all right.
That’S it and and Kami kami’s uh.
You know he he can sneak that in there and uh.
You know you can’t count him out.
He’S uh, you know he’s he’s been in this ring.
He knows he knows what he’s doing and uh yeah we’re.
Definitely gon na see him pull something I think he can pull.
You know, I think he can pull it off man, the guy you know, he’s been in the ring 35 times man.
So he’s, though he’s you know he has ringing experience and you know veterans like that.
He can never count them out, because you know they know these little tips and tricks and things to do, and you know and and at the same time he’s not fighting lomachenko.
You know he’s not fighting the the best.
You know one of the best boxers out there.
You know with the with their angles in the foot movement, you know he’s also fighting Jose Ramirez that typically he likes to stand in front of the the other, his opponent and bang it out.
So you know you’re not gon na get much movement from Ramirez, but that you know so that that’ll give him um a great chance.
You know style makes fights, and you know he he does have that punches.
Uh chance.
You know and and Ramirez has said you know he’s – he said it he’s gone on – you know gone on, quotes and said.
Connie is a champion fight Championship fighter with everything to gain.
He expects the best version of Kami to show up um.
You know so he’s he’s taking he’s not taking it lightly.
Man he’s taking it with a you know, bit of respect for the guy.
You know he is a championship fighter.
He knows what he’s doing in there.
So watch him to be a little uh little cautious.
As it starts, and then you know we’ll see, we’ll see how it goes uh as it progresses nothing but fireworks, that’s it! That’S it.
Oh man, so many fights uh man 52 minutes into holy girl.
Look at that almost almost ate up the whole hour.
Talking about all the fights this weekend, we we have not have any pauses in this whole.
Show I’ll tell you that much, no, no so much to talk about, and then this is where Graham usually does his rant.
I’M sorry almost knocked my speaker over.
No, no, no, I I I I I I said my two cents at the beginning of this I mean uh.
I I think what has happened between Fury and music is a disgrace for boxing, a black guy for boxing uh.
If Yuri wasn’t going to take the fight to begin with, then he just should have walked away, as I’ve always said.
If he, because he’s already said he retired once before so stay retired, then just stop stop.
Because, last year we had this discussion about the heavyweight division being rather clogged and being clogged from an English perspective.
Okay, so realistically uh, are they going to be able to unclog it this year? So, if Yuri finally finally steps down and remains stepped down and then allows some of these younger guys to step up, and – and this is what I want to see – I want to see some – you know some of these Big Fellas have had their chances and failed And now it’s it would be interesting to see what happens honestly between Joshua and Franklin I am looking forward to that is that could go either way too.
You know I’ll, be you know yeah.
If Franklin is as true to his word and he starts nailing, uh, Joshua and Joshua can’t handle it mentally uh.
You know it’ll be lights out so anyway.
So it’s it’s crazy.
You know Jermaine Franklin, you know he’s ranked 35th in that division.
You know in the world and uh it it’s it’s.
It’S incredible that you know the top.
The top eight, the top eight are 33 and older wow in the heavyweight division.
So you know you round up the top 10, the youngest guys Daniel Dubois, 25 Parker’s 31.
.
Everybody else is 33 and up so you know that this whole top end of This heavyweight division is getting kind of old right soon, coming to an end, [ Laughter, ], yeah we’ve mentioned a few heavyweight names and uh.
You know our two favorite topics are, you know the the exciting divisions in the men’s side of things, but in particular we always mention the women but the heavyweight.
If we, if we could just finally get to a decent heavyweight fight, yeah Fraser Clerk’s, pretty good uh, but at the end of the day you know I don’t like the way and the British control this through their associations with pay-per-view structuring.
So you know, matchroom has a disown, uh deal um, you know and then there’s this guy, but the point is: is they can only make these fights if they are um, matched against an equal opponent with the same uh Matchmaker? Quite frankly, so so Eddie Hearns kind of left out in the dark, okay, great he’s, hoping Auntie Joshua wins great he’s got he’s got a lineup of three or four fights for Auntie Joshua this year.
If he wins this fight against Franklin, great but there’s a whole other world out there of heavyweight boxers is what I continually say, and and and now we’re starting to see the fruits of that conversation.
Quite frankly, because what I’m telling you, when Jared and steps steps across the pond he’s going to beat the hell out of these guys, he he’s he’s going to come in as fast and furious as uh Mike Tyson did back in the day.
That’S uh! That’S what they’re? That’S what they’re saying? That’S what they believe, man and you know like one day one day, nobody heard of Mike Tyson next day he’s knocking people out left right in the center, and I think that’s what’s going to happen with respect to Jared Anderson people.
People are taking him rather lightly across the pond and they shouldn’t be they uh.
They they breed him.
They breed him really big in Toledo, Ohio, apparently, but but that’s one and he’s only 23 right like if we go by this old man.
Strength thing: he hasn’t even gotten that yet and he’s laying guys out all the time right, also yeah, and then you also got ta you’re, also going to look at um uh Richard Torres man, The Olympian like there’s another guy with some heavy heavy hands, just making Quick work of everybody they put in front of them.
You know we just got to get some better competition in front of you know a couple of these guys.
Jermaine Franklin, though, like you know it’s it’s great.
That he’s got that opportunity um.
If we see if we see the Anthony Joshua of past, I don’t see you know Franklin making too much of a dent in uh in in the rounds that are winning but yeah, but just just like just like Andy Ruiz, everybody was counting him out.
You know, and then he came with the overhand right and just you know laid Joshua out clean.
So you know again, you know, uh Franklin is a shorter fighter.
He’S gon na have to go in there and fight inside, and you know glass jaw better watch for that overhand right yeah.
Definitely definitely, I can’t wait to see it, though it’s gon na be great, so so um shout out to Carl across the pond.
He’S uh letting us know uh that in his opinion, Anderson needs a test uh and adds that Dubois had the balls to jump in with Joyce fair enough um.
But Jared Anderson needs a test before coming over to take on who, who would he take on? I mean he would probably he would I guarantee you.
He would give Tyson Fury a hell of a run, that’s for sure uh, but when you start going down the ladder and that’s what you’re doing after Tyson Fury in that heavyweight division um, I don’t know who yusux gon na end up fighting who’s.
He fighting who’s.
This Challenger he’s mandatory’s now Dubois is that is that right, cam, oh dillian, white! No, I’m one of those two! I can’t remember which one it is, but you know so what you said you should use Music wins, okay at the end of the day, but let’s see, let’s see, let’s see, wilderness well, okay, I’ve often said and and Chad love your opinion on this one uh.
One shot to the head and Wilder is done.
His his brain has already been diagnosed, he’s had uh two major concussions and that’s a brain injury of severity that you cannot take lightly.
You know um, so at the end of the day one punch, the head Wilder is toast and I mean gone so I I would not put Wilder in any serious competition right now.
Just for his Health’s sake.
I really feel sorry for that.
Guy he’s got an immense amount of pride.
He is the bronze bomber.
I do appreciate what he’s attempted to do, but he’s had his day yeah and shouldn’t there be like a concussion Clause.
You know after you know, however, many concussions that you might receive in your in your boxing career shouldn’t.
You know the boxing commissions, you know the boxing Gods shouldn’t they just like forcefully make you retire.
Instead of putting your life on the line.
You know I see this all the time you know these boxers.
You know, you know they come from poverty and they they go into the boxing World.
They get into these fights uh.
Transcribed
Oh yeah, hello, boxing fans around the world thanks for joining us once again here on the Friday night panel for another, exciting episode, quick little shout out to our friend, Alex hammers on a train to Washington right now tuned in, especially for the show to see his Good buddy Tim Witherspoon, so I hope Tim joins us.
I haven’t heard back from Tim, yet he might be at an event, though uh, because there’s something going on in Philadelphia tonight, um but anyway, that’s my brief introduction, uh hi JJ, I’m sorry jay uh hi, Mike what up? What’S going on? Hey, I’m uh, I’m all! I want to talk about is the debacle involving a some guy called Tyson Fury Tyson? I might not be in shape to have my fight, Fury yeah.
Speaking of that, did you hear? Did you hear what Caleb plant said about David benavidez? No call them chubby.
He did not look chubby to me so David benavida has said today: uh, I’m not only going to knock him out, I’m going to break his jaw.
While I knock him out, that’s going to be a great fight, okay, all right, all right! Sorry to sorry.
To start off with a bit of humor but uh boxing humor is always good.
It’S like uh! You get these guys.
They just absolutely hate each other uh Caleb plant David benavidez.
They really do from what I can see anyway.
Yeah those are the best fights yeah.
Exactly exactly and and so would have been, the the fight between that Cruiserweight uh music and that Big Fat, Gypsy King sounds about right.
I I’m telling you I’ve said this before I’ve had enough of Tyson Fury, I’ve had enough of them.
I just wish he would step aside.
We’Ve asked him to retire.
Politely, he’s got enough money uh, you know open up his own stable, open up some promotion company, that’s what he wants to do, but just go away and leave the boxing to the boxers and uh time and time again he wants to play games and here’s a Classic example – oh sorry, I said I’d wait for my rant until later on see how we see how easy it is to get me going on that one I mean yeah, it’s funny because you know all the headlines are saying now: um fight off over rematch terms, Like right, you know this is, why does it always seem to? Why does it always seem to fall apart at the last minute? And you know it’s definitely incredible um, you know types of Fury, he is a long-range fighter, but at the same time he would have been fighting a natural Cruise away.
Uh that is highly skilled.
His foot movement is tremendous uh.
I would have seen you said kind of dancing around him and and and and and picking his shots, and you know just playing with him that whole fight and uh kind of evading those uh straight.
You know right hands that uh, the Gypsy can normally uh throws at at the guys.
So it would have been a great fight too bad.
We won’t be able to see it.
Hopefully it happens sometime soon.
I don’t think it will uh, but just to just to tack on to the fighting style of Tyson Fury, I mean you forgot one important component, the way he simply mauls his opponents, like the old arms over the shoulders, um you know, and and and and so Yusik had had come out and said I will.
I will combat that by going after his fat belly, I his word’s, not mine, and I’m just I’m.
You know I’m just the the happy commentator on this one.
I tell you I’ve.
I’Ve seen him in training camp.
Several times you know on TV of course, and I’ve seen him take these body shots and he welcomes them.
I mean he has enough cushion in his in his abdominal area to to be able to take those shots.
So I don’t know he’s got enough cushion for the pushing eh.
Yes, there was a funny picture that came out, though, with him and Sugar Hill Stewart uh, suggesting that Sugar Hill had already begun training with him, but it then got leaked that that was a very earlier potentially last year, photo that had been taken.
So there were Shenanigans going on, I think over there, and I don’t think Tyson ever really did want this fight.
To begin with – and yes he’s got a valid point with respect to the money being made now that uh yusik might go down to the Copper box to fight uh whoever’s next in line, you know, you know what I mean like it’s again: British versus British and It’S on and on and on and on that same, that same line is really too bad.
That uh we couldn’t see.
You said clobber uh Fury.
I would like to have seen that.
Well I mean who do you think might be uh next up uh.
I I have a little commentators talk about uh Deontay Wilder, the Bronx bomber.
You know jumping in there and taking a fury spot uh.
What do you think about that? Eddie Hearn made some interesting comments about his potential if he had his way line up in terms of fights, you know, but it all it all is all contingent on uh whether Jermaine Franklin can knock out Anthony Joshua and auntie and Joshua susceptible to the mental game.
Right, uh and and uh and Jermaine Franklin’s come out and said it this week I mean I love the the honesty that I’m hearing from these guys uh other than Tyson Fury uh with respect to how they’re going to handle their their in-game play.
So to speak, and so it was interesting to hear how Jermaine Franklin uh reasons quite simply that the way to beat Auntie Joshua is just to deliver those those shots repeatedly and mentally uh Joshua’s gon na fall apart.
It was interesting to see that, but anyway, so Eddie Hearn goes on to say you know mentioning other people like Joe Joyce, mentioning people like dillian white again, British Fighters, yada yada, but all I’m reading about these days days are the up-and-coming U.
S fighters in the heavyweight Division and a couple of others from around the world too, but I’m just simply saying like it, is interesting and even when I was on the uh on Carl’s last bell, boxing podcast last night, again they’re just talking about the the English Fighters or the UK fighters.
In general – and they just seem to be oblivious to there’s a there’s – a global boxing movement underway, especially at the heavyweight Division – and these.
These are Big Boys we’re talking about Mike – and I have mentioned it before – like Gypsy King six foot, nine sure.
But there are even bigger boys out there and I can hardly wait until Jared Anderson gets over to the UK and knocks someone’s block off I’m just.
I can hardly wait for that day soon and it’s coming soon yeah.
I believe, I believe, he’s still undefeated yeah.
He is yeah man, yes, he he’s he’s one of the up and coming American uh prospects.
Um.
That is under the top rank banner and uh he’s doing very well.
I believe he has a fight coming up uh.
Would it be under the lomonchenko and uh Haney fight, yep, yep, yep, so anyways? So so fellas like that, like that and uh, we could toss in a few more names just for fun, but we won’t uh, otherwise we’ll be talking until 12 o’clock tonight.
But the reality of it is is uh.
The the the the British just seem to have these blinders on with respect to what’s happening around them.
I mean I mentioned this.
I mentioned this a long time ago, and this is going to be kind of funny.
This would be my last thing.
I have to say about it right, I’m about a year or two ago.
I said you know.
In 1966, England won the World Cup in soccer, slash football; okay, they won the World Cup; okay, they were on top of the world, but they haven’t won a World Cup since because every other country has a different style of play, different guys coming up and the British just ignored it completely continued down that line of doing their own thing haven’t won since okay.
Now I’m not saying British boxing British boxing is well organized well supported, well-funded, uh fans are rabid, okay, but at the end of the day, the British boxing media has to recognize that there’s a global phenomena happening and it’s called boxing and it’s happening in India.
It’S happening in China uh it’s happening down under um, it’s happening Across America.
It’S certainly happening in Mexico um, you know, and now the the reign of terror is over here in Ontario.
Where can Hayashi ruled uh like a dictator? Now it’s over we’re starting to see some fantastic fights up here, too, and and the growth of emergence of some great Fighters up here.
So, given all this, there is now.
Finally, I think a global boxing scene – that’s coalescing uh, certainly covet – has kind of helped in a sense, because we are now communicating online with an audience around the world expressing our opinions inviting opinions.
So anyway, that’s my rant.
Sorry sort of ranted at the beginning of the show for so long.
We typically save my Ranch for the end, but there you go and it’s good to see.
Cedric is out there, listen and supporting our views on Jared Anderson.
He he’s.
Certainly, in my humble opinion, one of the best young heavyweights out there period – oh yeah.
I agree.
I agree all right Mike.
What do we have upcoming in terms of shows? Well, let’s um: let’s talk about what happened uh Montreal on Thursday, oh yes, my Billy won right.
Yes, he did unanimous decision, unanimous decision to uh to take home that WBA and WBC the Continental America super middle title and that International Super middle yep, excellent, yeah um.
What a great great card uh! You know: Steve flaggett, one Simon Keane! He won heavyweight yep yep against Eric Molina too.
So you know it was a little bit of a step up for him.
Uh yeah there were some.
There were some great fights on this uh Layla.
Was it Leela uh both doing we uh? We profiled this girl too yeah.
She came through with a victory last night as well unanimous decision.
Uh JJ.
Did you watch anything on this card? Oh man did I watch it.
You know that main event.
I had to watch it twice because there was so much action.
I mean I would love to watch Mick Billy again.
I tell you one thing: this guy was throwing bombs, the whole fight um and not only bombs.
You know he was dominated the whole fight, but the best thing, one of the things that I like to see is vulnerability in Fighters.
You know, because not you know, you’re you’re not hitting a punching bag.
You know the other fighter has his hands up too he’s throwing his punches and uh gongora in the third round and in the eighth round, uh hit him with a clean uppercut that you know staggered uh.
You know uh mcbilly and you could see that he was hurt, but even if he was hurt, he was just throwing bombs, throwing bombs um towards the middle of the third round.
Mcbilly hit um gongora in the body several times and that really took a lot of the energy away uh from gongora and then right after that, he kind of started dominating all the ways up to the eighth round.
Uh after after he got uh staggered a little bit, then he came back and just continued dominating, but this guy is a must watch uh.
He he needs to be in.
You know on TV uh shown in the entire world because uh you know he’s he’s one of these guys that you could say that he’s next up.
You know he is ranked number 10 in the world uh and and his Division, and you know what I would love to see more of him.
Definitely definitely I’ve been talking about this kid for a while man, you know a 2016 Olympian, uh yo.
He started off extremely aggressive Landing those shots to the head and body.
You know back in gun Gore up uh, however early in that second round, we can’t forget gangora, South buckled and Billy with that left.
Uppercut uh, you know, and Felicia could off continue to fight on that front, foot and uh, while never really comfortable uh.
He won rounds but had to be.
You know, continuously wary of what was coming back.
You know it was a big test for him.
This fight and I’m glad to see that he came through you know it’s not like.
It was an easy fight for him.
He was definitely throwing some bombs and uh.
You know gangora with you know that ring IQ that he has was able to.
You know catch him a couple of times, so it wasn’t, it wasn’t an easy win for him.
He did work for it and he did come through with that big victory to stay undefeated, honestly, what a! What? What a great fight guys, if you haven’t seen it you’ve, got to watch it, we’ll uh, we’ll try and put a link to it in the comments, so you guys can check it out easy uh yeah I was, I was awesome.
It was an awesome fight man.
You know and Billy sees the moment and jumped on gangora unloading everything he had to wear back uh in an early candidate for round of the year, the crowd stood and cheered uh.
You know at the belt to the end of the round.
Uh and Billy stood in this corner soaking in that Applause, you know having gone to the darkest of places, he will never ever uh he’s never ever been in his career, so you know he showed he has huge heart and then some uh, you know he didn’t.
Look to maintain his lead uh.
He came charging now for round nine and looked to score a knockout uh.
It didn’t come, but he hurt kongora uh.
You know the action continued into the tenth and in the final seconds and Glen Gore was visibly hurt by the shot from Billy.
You know lurching into a neutral Corner, um spent from a tough night’s work.
The Bell sounded both rightfully received huge cheers from the excited fans in attendance.
So you know the Big Winners.
Definitely uh were were the people in attendance at uh at that casino to watch out Fight Man, honestly uh.
You know it’s early to say, but hey round of the Year shout out to uh and Billy for that uh.
For that Wicked win – and you know shout out to gongora’s Chin – I mean he definitely has a granite chin uh towards uh between the eighth and the tenth round.
I kind of noticed that he was opening his mouth several times.
You know, I believe he was hurt.
Uh, he might had to probably take a whole food uh full body, ice bath.
You know that that night, I’m sure he’s uh in a lot of pain today, but shout out to his Granite for real for real uh.
There was two fights this afternoon want to touch on them: um, 2 p.
m.
This afternoon the Arthur and Creighton uh this one channel five 2PM Eastern Time, Wasserman boxing lead on uh Downey Lyndon.
Arthur, was originally sent to compete against um Brian serez for that vacant.
Ibo light heavyweight title at the University of Bolton Stadium, which, whereas was forced out due to medical issues, so um yeah this this one got underway today, uh, if you guys, are looking for some some boxing to watch tonight, I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to find This one uh yeah, definitely it’ll, be it’ll, be one to watch.
There’S some nice up-and-comers on this one uh.
You know Chloe Watson, one that I’m always talking about um.
You know we had the debut of Ashley Marin, some uh, some some great women on these cards.
Coming up uh, but yes, a lot of young hungry up and comers uh on this card that went on this afternoon, yeah, definitely and shout outs to women boxing overall you’re, starting to see a lot of more uh women on these fight cards.
I mean you even uh.
With the middle of last year, there was like a whole fight card of nothing but women, fighting uh, shout outs to them.
They’Re coming out uh they’re getting they’re getting their respect, uh and they’re not just get they’re, not it’s not just given to them they’re taking their respect, um they’re.
Now they are starting to get paid what they deserve and, to be honest, I would love for those uh three three minute rounds to just start happening because uh that that will give the fighters the ability to to kind of you know play with their style and And box instead of just you, know, whamming away and and throwing bombs, but that that’s also entertaining my profile.
I profiled the girl today um Bree howling uh, first woman in Canada to fight three minute rounds.
We talked about her today, so uh yeah definitely check that episode out uh.
Also, there was another card that was on this afternoon: the uh Haney and Flatley card uh yeah stokero, Haney, 16-0 6kos and Bolton Mann, Flatley 20, three and one with four shared five rounds of action at the AO arena in Manchester back in September of last year.
On the undercard of George Joseph Parker, heavyweight Collision so uh this one got underway at um 2PM as well uh Eastern Standard Time so uh.
I won’t give you guys what the what the outcome was, because I want you guys to go and watch it.
But yes, there was uh.
There was some great great action on this card.
Uh Moses, ituma, uh, Carol’s brother, was on this one another big guy to watch here in that heavyweight division.
Um we had Ezra Taylor, uh, Macaulay Owen, Owen, Cooper, Brad strand.
All these guys.
You know sub 10 fight undefeated looking to keep that oh uh Nathan, Haney on the card, Jack Flatley for that WBA Continental middle title.
That’S vacant, uh, Raven, Chapman against Linda Lika, for the WBC International feather was on this uh, also Jason Cunningham Miguel Gonzalez.
For that WBO International, Super Bantam title that’s vacant and then headlining it was the Andrew Kane and uh uh, the Belta for the WBC International Silver super Bantam title.
These fights have already happened today, guys so definitely go back youTube it.
Whatever you got to do to check it out some great action this afternoon, but the big fights we got to talk about are coming up tomorrow and they are they are.
They are our our friend, our friend, David light will be taking on none other than Lawrence.
Akoli this one huge can’t wait to see this one.
This show starts at 3, 00 p.
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Eastern Time guys mark it down boxer the promoter, uh yeah man.
I can’t wait to see this one uh thoughts on this Graham um.
I weighed in and said uh to last bell boxing that uh Lawrence akoli is is in for a bit of trouble.
Uh he’s he’s gon na get woken up.
I think by David light.
Maybe I should have said he’s gon na get lit up uh, but uh.
No, I I think that I think I think the British are taking uh the Australian way too lightly and uh.
You know I I I my my money’s on David light uh, you know, honestly, I think you know Peach boxing.
They uh they’ve really really put themselves on the map.
Last year are coming into this year.
You know he’s got a stable full of Champions.
We’Ve got David lightnow fighting for this WBO Championship uh, you know miyam Motu she’s fighting for an IBO ibf titles in the near future.
You know the entire stable is is full of Champions, and you know it’s that style, that peach boxing style that aggressive front foot come forward.
Good defense, but you know, can pack a serious punch.
You know it should be noted.
I think um David lights undefeated.
Yes, he is, he is, he is 20-0 20-0.
So he’s not going to be a pushover like these, British fans are thinking.
No uh light is 20 and all Lauren ciccoli 18-0 um.
You know David light made quick, quick work of um Brandon Blanton.
You know like well, not quick work, he went the distance, but you know that was for the WBO Global Cruiser, which was vacant and the WBO International Cruiser which was vacant um.
You know so I I I can see you know.
I can see a lot of trouble in in the future for Lauren ciccoli, uh, honestly uh, you know David David’s, no slouch um, you know, out of his 20 wins 12 come by way of knockout.
You know he’s.
He is ranked 19th right now in the world out of 1184 and uh yeah man he’s just uh he’s one of those guys he’s very quiet.
You know he doesn’t uh, he doesn’t.
He doesn’t boast about uh his ability in there man, but uh, Hey.
The great white light is uh.
Is gon na put his name on the map tomorrow when he gets in the ring uh against Lauren ciccoli.
I’M super excited for this.
This one uh, you know, there’s some there’s some also some great uh great undercard action.
Yeah there is yeah there is.
You know.
Frankie Stringer is on this one curious art, install yeah, Edwards, Frasier, Clark, Aaron, McKenna, Calum Simpson.
All these guys are undefeated looking to keep that oh uh.
The other title left for grabs on this card is um.
The British English super feather it’s vacant, uh, Michael Gomez, Jr versus uh Levy.
Giles, we’ll see what happens in that old man.
It’S uh! It’S gearing up to be a wonderful Saturday.
You know the undefeated Brit believes he will extend his perfect record of 18 wins no losses with 14 Knockouts uh when, when he defends his WBO championship against the unbeaten New Zealander white, you know Uncle Lee’s.
First, professional victory was in Manchester in May of 2017 less than a year after he competed for team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics when he sensationally stopped Jeffrey Cav in just 20 seconds.
Um your thoughts, okay, well um! I really haven’t had a chance uh to see uh these Fighters uh, I believe uh they’re, always out in uh England, right in the UK um, mainly as I’m continuing uh.
As I’m continuing this journey uh.
I will always uh.
Look you know towards outside of the U.
S, because you know I I’m not just gon na talk about U.
S Fighters.
You know uh, there’s plenty of boxers out there in this world, uh they’re all bringing skills they all bring in that hunger into the game, and you know that is.
Was he saying naughty words yeah? Definitely so it’s uh it’s some homework.
I got ta continue doing my homework uh, but that that’s that’s what you do uh when you’re starting off so hey.
You know uh kudos to you for uh.
You know continuing.
You know to to bring us uh great information about uh.
You know these European Fighters and uh I’m hopefully uh.
You know one day I’ll I’ll get to that position, but uh right now, uh.
I have to do my research a little bit more research on on those Fighters, and you know I’ll be able to talk about it more later on.
Definitely after you know what you’ll be able to talk about it after uh, David light comes away with that WBO title all right, um Northwest owns Jack Adderall 26 one and over 13 kills will be Keen to remind the world that he should be an undefeated Champion Himself, controversial denied a victory against Josh Taylor last February uh.
He had hoped to avenge the night in Glasgow in a rematch with the WBO and Ring magazine people like Champion what, with the Scott sideline injury catarall, must instead turn his attention to a new opponent.
Who will be named in due course um? You know.
Oh towering six foot, six Tokyo, 2020 Olympic bronze medal hero Clark, has won back-to-back fights at the AO Arena and we’ll be looking to make it a hat trick when uh he returns next month.
So yeah there’s a there’s a lot of there’s a lot of good action going on, and I’m super excited to see this one uh.
We will definitely be cheering on our man David light, for this can’t wait and as we progress through these, these upcoming fights uh – and we haven’t done so already.
But you know uh hats off again here to Karis artenstall uh, but that’s going to be a good fight.
That’S not going to be a gim me either! No, and but anyway, I just want to make mention of the women who are fighting in these cards.
Uh and and there’s you mentioned her – I just wanted to mention her again uh to make sure that uh, the boxing fans out there don’t forget that there are women fighting uh on these cards that feature mainly men, but as Jay was pointing out, uh they’ve been Um at least two or three all women cards in the past year alone and a big one coming up, I believe uh in Dublin.
Yes, yes, we got ta talk about it, the big one benavidez versus plants, Saturday, 9, 00 p.
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Eastern Standard Time guys make sure that you remember to set your PVR if you’re gon na miss it you’re not going to want to miss a section you’re, not no undefeated, former two-time WBC super middleweight champion David El Bandera, Roja Benavides.
Is that good Jade did.
I do it right.
The Mexican monster according to Mike Tyson right, yes and former ibf super middleweight champion Caleb plant, will meet in the high stakes 12 round Showdown to settle their long.
Simmering Feud live on Showtime pay-per-view guys make sure you see this one uh Benavides! You know and plant will take their years-long war of words into the ring, as these assertive and hungry super middleweights look to cast their ballots as the division’s.
Next Kingpin, both have had you know, Reigns as champion at 168 and both are eager to once again Ascend to the top of that division as they fight for Benavides interim WBC, super middle title, um, there’s some great great undercurrent action here.
This one is a.
I got I got ta say this one Carl Cody Crawley you’re wondering who he was.
I meant I mentioned him last night.
Yes, Cody Crawley all the card 21-0 taking on Abel Ramos, this one, you know Cody Crawley.
How can you not know this guy man, Canadian? He’S ranked sixth in that welterweight division in the world, so you know he’s he’s knocking on the doorsteps in these championships and people are just you know, they’re sleeping on them, they’re, not really paying attention to who this kid is and honestly for somebody who you know, Self-Taught pretty much from Peterborough of all places, Peterborough Ontario, you know, uh meets meets.
You know Floyd Mayweather.
As a kid and literally as like one day.
You will see me again and you know: guy moves to Vegas gets out.
There starts working with them and you know sky’s the limit for him, but yeah guys don’t sleep on this kid man, Cody Crawley in his last outing it was the first time he was put on his ass and he still came through with the victory.
So yeah be on the looking for this kid man.
This guy is going to uh.
You know make sure that uh Canada’s put on this uh this map – man uh.
You know: benavidez became the youngest ever 168 pound world champion at just 20.
uh when he defeated uh Ronald reveal uh by that split decision for the victim WC title in 2017.
uh.
He now lives and trains in Seattle area.
Benavidez has stamped his place in the super middleweight division with knockout power in both hands, guys uh, you know improving ring Savvy with each fight when he was 15 years old.
He went from weighing 250 pounds to a boxing Prodigy under the watchful eye of his father and trainer, Jose senior and his brother and Defender Jose Jr uh, as he famously held his own, inspiring against middleweight champion Triple G and Peter Quillen.
Many of these is riding a string of six straight knockout victories heading into this boat against plant um.
You know plant, he used his subline boxing skills to rise to the rank of world champion and, in his last fight, showed Big Time power earning 20 22’s knockout of the Year by CBS Sports and boxing scene in a win over Anthony Jerrell wow.
Guys.
Remember that one yeah, oh yeah, he went down with uh left hand to the body, the slight pause and he came right over top Knights out yeah man, and that was planned’s debut performance with the new trainer um Stephen Edwards in October, where he ended a heated Rivalry with Darrell, with that single punch knocking out the former two-time chance to deliver one of 2022’s, most memorable finishes um, you know plant he’s 30 born in Nashville Tennessee.
He now lives in Las Vegas ibf title in a hard unanimous decision victory over um who’s who’s cut.
I can’t even remember how to pronounce that guy’s name.
You guys know who I’m talking about who’s who’s cut cut.
I can’t remember how to pronounce it, but, yes, you guys know man.
It was back in 2019, uh plant dropped him in the second and fourth rounds and cruise to victory for the championship.
Uh, he made three successful title: defenses um.
You know, in addition to unanimous decision win over former Champion Caleb true um, he lost the title in an Undisputed championship against Canelo Alvarez in November of 2021, at times, frustrating Alvarez with his smooth boxing um.
You know before feeding Terrell, to set up his highly anticipated Clash from Benavides, so wow big, big, big action here – man this this one’s going to be the fight of the weekend for sure it’s a great division, eh yeah man, honestly, I’m super super excited for that Division – you know this, this super middle, that that weight is just it’s it’s not it’s an awesome division, lots of action fast.
You know hard-hitting, knockout power.
You can’t you can’t ask for more definitely couldn’t ask for more I’ll.
Tell you one thing: uh David benavidez, the Mexican monster, not a lot of people has been wanting to fight that that guy that’s right.
It’S been a very long time that he’s been calling almost everybody out.
You know, of course, he’s he’s pretty young.
I believe he’s only 26 years old uh, but at the same time you know he he has spent his whole entire young adult life in the gym.
Uh he’s a very skilled Fighter, the only thing uh since he hasn’t been trying getting those high quality fights uh, because everybody’s been running and ducking uh.
You know you watch his fights.
He kind of squares up a little bit.
You know when he’s throwing those punches and, against you know, a a a boxer puncher such as Caleb plant uh.
We got to see what he got against him because believe it or not.
Yes, everybody is rooting for benavidez, but benavidez has never fought.
Somebody like Caleb plant uh, so you know at the same time.
You know I give it 60 40.
You know 60 to benavidez because of his heart, because because of his power in both hands uh, but but you can’t count, you know, okay, the planes come.
He, of course he he can’t he just came off of a knockout win against Darrell, but before that that was his first law, so he really has nothing to lose.
You know what is he going to get another loss? He doesn’t care about that so um.
You know I kind of overheard and the weigh-in uh one of the Charlo Brothers uh.
What was his name, the 160 pound champion uh, you know he was talking about you know.
The way to beat benavidez was to actually come at benavidez.
Benavidez is typically the fighter that is always coming forward.
So, if you put, if you go in the ring – and you start chasing, benavidez he’s not used to backing up while he’s fighting, so that could be the difference in this fight.
Uh will Caleb plant do that.
We don’t know uh, but let’s see, let’s see tomorrow, it’s going to be a spectacular fight, definitely definitely same division as them Billy by the way yeah yeah.
Well.
Do we mention Alvarez same division as Alvarez? I wonder if he’s so, there’s been a lot of controversy about the matchmaking involving Alvarez of late uh, but right now he’s atop that Division and uh.
So it’s going to be a good one.
Yes, yes, it is.
That’S super.
That’S super middle division.
Is you know we got Demetrius Andrade in that one as well um, you know, there’s there’s some.
You know.
Edgar berlanga is in the same division.
Zach jelly yeah.
We got you know, there’s there’s a ton of talent in this division.
Yeah, you know, and so you know, Sal Alvarez sitting at the top.
Yes, you know uh, you got John Ryder in there as well um Vladimir shishkin, David Morrell.
There’S there’s a ton there’s a ton.
I can’t wait to see this one though get underway.
I’M super excited for this one.
Then we also got some more action.
We got more action man, the 25th was gearing up to be the day of fights right like uh Golden Boy.
This one gets underway at 8pm.
Uh you know, Fight Night On The Zone will return with its first Mexico edition of 2023.
of this one yeah.
The main event will feature 10 round super lightweight match between um Jose yeah.
What’S it got yeah you fight after a courageous attempt for that victim, WBC, Junior welterweight, against Regis progress uh last November, and in the co-main event we got Carlos Ocampo uh 34-2 to 22kos will participate in a 10 round super Welter fight when Campbell returns to the Ring after a tough battle against Sebastian Fedora in October, for that WBC, super Welter interim title also on the card – uh, Rafael, uh, Espinoza, 19-0 16ks is scheduled to fight a 10 round featherweight Clash.
Opponents for both will soon be announced guys, but yeah we’re gon na.
I guess we’re gon na find that out last minute right as soon as it gets underway and typically you know uh when, when your sub 10 fights uh, you know and you’re fighting a lower mid-level oppositions and uh they’re they’re, not big money fights.
So sometimes you know you are absolutely ready, you’re in shape you’re in weight.
You go to these fights and your opponent is to be determined.
I mean it happened a couple weeks ago over there when I went down to uh when I went over to California to that fight in San Diego uh.
You know we we could not find a fighter uh for La Roca Lopez, so that fight ended up being postponed until he went down and fought down in Mexico um.
It happens all the time uh.
Even in Big Money fights, it happens, but it’s very seldom.
You know at that point it’s very seldom, so it’s it’s very expected and in the boxing world and one thing my brother-in-law uh told me that in boxing you really don’t know nothing.
You don’t know.
What’S gon na happen, you don’t know.
What’S gon na happen, you know so at the same time always expect the unexpected definitely definitely um.
Also on this card uh in the eight round, super middle fight, uh recently signed Prospect.
Aaron Silva hope.
You guys know if you haven’t watch out for this kid.
He’S 11-0 right now, eight Knockouts uh he’s of Monterey.
Mexico will return to the ring against Jamie Lopez.
Who’S.
Ten and eight with four Knockouts um Silva is coming into the ring after fifth round knockout in December of 2022 against Alan kampa uh, and then opening up the Zone broadcast Miguel Torres 11-1 with 6kos uh will face Kevin Montiel uh, who is six two and two With three Kos in an eight round, super featherweight bound, so not not too many fights on this card, but um.
You know it’s definitely one to watch all of it all.
All these cards are great and it’s not even the last one.
I know the last card because this next card – definitely you guys – are gon na – have to tune into this.
There’S a lot of great fighters on this one.
This one Ramirez call me Junior welterweight battle, yep um yeah this.
This is gon na, be a good one for sure.
Fighting pride of California Central Valley in one of boxing’s pound for pound Queens are joining forces for a special Fresno fight night uh, former unified 140 pound World Champ, Jose Ramirez will meet former lightweight world champion.
Richard RC call me in a 12 round Junior welfare Main Event uh the co-feature will be a world titled unification clash as WBA minimum weight world champion collides with WBC world champion Tina rap Rapids rap rapper Earth.
There we go got it out: Ramirez Comey, Estrada yo.
This is a good one.
Man this one starts 10 p.
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Eastern uh, it’s promoted by top rank with the Bella, entertainment, yeah um.
You know, Ramirez 27-1 17 Kos returns home to the friendly confines of the Save Mart Center, which has hosted six of his previous fights.
Following his 2021 decision defeat to Josh Taylor for that Undisputed Junior Welterweight Title Ramirez rebounded last March, with unanimous decision victory over former two-way world champion Jose Pedraza um, he has been among the sports best 140 pounder since winning the WBC World title over Amir Iman uh.
In March of 2018, after defending that title, twice, Ramirez stopped Maurice hooker in a six brutal rounds to unify the WBC and WBO titles.
Uh Ramirez retained both titles with a hard fought majority decision uh over Victor Postal in August of 2020 and a win.
That’S set up Taylor Showdown, so you know Kami like this kid man from Ghana.
You know made his name as one of the sports top lightweight winning Commonwealth honors before capturing the ibf world title in February 2019.
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His Title reign lasted 10 months, as he knocked a former world champion Ray Beltran before a stunning second round stoppage defeat to tiafoma Lopez.
At Madison Square Garden, uh commie’s lightweight, run ended with the December 2021 decision loss to Sally lomachenko uh last August.
In his Junior welterweight debut he fought to a 10 round draw against Pedraza um and then our girl man, we’ve got to talk about Estrada 23 9kos.
You know returns her hometown State uh unifying the world titles for the first time in her decorated career, the 30 year old veteran turned Pro nearly a dozen years ago and has competed at the world class level in three-way classes.
On 2021, she captured WBA minimum weight and WBO light Flyway titles in consecutive fights vacated that late Flyway title to pursue Undisputed Glory at minimum weight.
She signed the top ranked last year and then returned from a nearly 11-month layoff in November to shut out um valerno.
You guys remember this one.
Oh yeah most definitely you know one of the one of the great things best things about Chinese Estrada.
She fights she loves to bang.
You know she sits down on her punches and she she’s not the type of boxer that will.
You know jump around and, and you know and and potshot you know and and hit you with that Jack.
She will literally stand in front of you with her feet flat on on the canvas and, just you know, start throwing combinations at you.
Um uh, Tina Rupert.
You know she’s not known slouch either.
You know for some reason, she’s a WBC champion.
So you know it’s gon na be a great matchup, definitely um.
You know she has made five defenses of her world title.
You know, after being elevated from interim champion in 2018 uh earlier that year, she toppled uh valet, who is the current ibf in WBO, unified middleweight world champion in July of 2021 uh.
She had joke former world champion Gutierrez by Split Decision following more than a year away from the ring.
She shook off the ring rush to dominate um veteran uh Gasper to set up the Estrada Showdown uh.
You know she has fought all, but one of her Pro fights in Germany and will make nearly a six Thousand Mile journey in hopes of you know, ruining Estrada’s Undisputed goal.
You know she is trying to.
She put.
She put her name on the map with that fastest knockout in women’s boxing history.
If you guys remember against right, like that, one that one showed that one showed pure power, if you guys don’t remember that fight go back to 2020 uh, you know uh.
Was it uh better yet better yet go to the Natalie Brown Show where where’s she absolutely well.
She was very vocal about uh her opinion in terms of matchmaking.
That was what that was horrible matchmaking.
It was let’s be real, like that was a seven second.
Seven punch Throne Victory right, seven punches seven seconds, it was over uh, you know if that matchmaking there you you had to you had a you know.
Miranda Atkins only was you know, fighting local competition like no experience in that world stage, and then you have.
You know Estrada who’s.
You know been fighting on that world stage.
For you know a number of years, so yeah that was that was bad on on the matchmaking part uh.
I can’t wait to see on this card.
We got him Antonio El Gigante Morales, the six foot nine heavyweight from Des Moines Iowa aims for a knockout number.
Seven in a sixth rounds has three first round Knockouts and three second round stoppages on his Ledger.
Already um also lightweight Prospect: Charlie Sheehy uh, the former U.
S amateur star from Brisbane California, makes his third professional appearance in Fresno um Javier Javier Milwaukee made Martinez.
We’Ve talked about this kid before he trains with Ramirez at uh, Robert Garcia boxing Academy will fight an opponent to be named in a six round: middleweight fight and uh yeah.
We can’t forget, we can’t forget lightweight Contender Raymond a danger muratella 16-0 13 Kos uh trained by Robert Garcia, makes his 2023 debut in a 10 rounder uh Morello went 3-0 in 2022, including stoppage victories over veterans, Jeremy Hill and uh Miguel Contreras, so yeah, there’s uh.
There’S lots of action on this card.
This one is.
This is pretty stacked up this one.
Are We Done Yet we? We are now now finished, with all the fights that are going on um, also the opening belt on this card.
I wan na I wan na mention it again.
I mentioned it on Wednesday right now.
This kid guys be on the lookout for this kid to be fast tracked.
You know he is one of the best signed uh, Japanese, boxers uh, you know in the last year.
So beyond, looking for this 26 year old southbound, you know he’s got great Ring IQ uh, he’s from that Tekken gym the uh.
You know the guys who pretty much broad boxing to Japan.
You know something like 36 or something like that world champions they’ve had out of there.
This kid he’s three and all with three Kos.
You know he’s gon na make quick work of this.
One definitely watch out for this kid.
This one is the opening belt.
I can’t I can’t stress it enough man, these Japanese guys, they’ve got the heart, they’ve got the drive, they definitely got the skill and you know they know how to punch man.
They have heavy hands for little guys yeah and they they know what they know.
How to hit they know exactly where it is: Precision, yeah and and too bad that anyway got injured and uh in training.
You know I was really looking forward to him.
Fighting uh Fulton yeah uh in his upcoming match so uh.
Hopefully he heals up pretty quickly.
Uh one already announced yeah.
He Fulton already announced that the fight is still happening.
We just now he’s just waiting.
You know for anyway to to heal up uh that way they could.
You know bring us that impactful fight, you know which the whole entire world is gon na, be watching because I’ll be the first one in front of my TV.
I tell you that much.
Oh definitely, you know he’s a great fighter, but while I just want to point out Mike while we’re on the subject of Asia and Asia is a huge continent spreading from West, I think turkey all the way to Japan, but in nestled in the middle somewhere uh Is Vietnam and I got ta say unbelievably uh a friend, wrote to me and said you know, make sure you mention the fight, that’s happening tomorrow night in Vietnam, wow uh, you don’t often hear about fights in Vietnam, but apparently the Saigon Sports Club at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam being promoted by Jenny, doe of Shadow, entertainment.
Okay, unbelievably, you’ve got a WBA Asia, super middleweight Clash going on between trong ding, Hong and Dao, Juan Bach.
So what was that? First, one again: trong ding, Huang, okay, I’m just checking, I know, sounds about right.
I tried my best try my best, I’m pretty sure my Vietnamese friends will be down my throat on that one.
But uh.
I try my best, but the point is: is uh? It’S a it’s a big card and uh again, as we were saying earlier, boxing is happening around the world, I’ll bet and and uh.
My heart goes out to Richard Comey.
By the way, I really hope he pulls through.
I don’t is he the underdog? Does anyone know, has anyone checked the the uh? Yes, he he he’s.
Definitely the underdog uh.
You know this.
This gentleman, this boxer he’s been in so many battles.
You know he’s been in so many battles.
He has so many rounds.
You know under his belt uh.
He is 36 years of age uh, you know I you know.
I I feel like he’s he’s pretty much on his last leg.
This could be you know, I’m not I’m not.
I haven’t heard nothing or haven’t seen anything but from what I could see.
You know he from the last fight when he fought Pedrosa.
It was unanimous straw.
You know, of course, Pedrosa Puerto Rican fighter.
Joshua he’s not a pushover, but at the same time I don’t see him as a top.
You know Contender uh as a fighter, so you know he had a little hard time with Pedra.
So I really see him on his last leg.
Um.
But, oh you know kudos to him.
It’S such a hard sport.
You know it takes so much out of you.
You know so hard to get in that ring.
You know where you know, because it’s easy for us to talk about it, but for them it’s such a you know a hard journey, um and you know kudos to him and I hope he pulls through you know he has the uh punchers uh.
You know chance.
You know he does have a really good straight right.
You know punch and you know it’s going to be an interesting matchup.
Definitely uh Ramirez is the minus 650 favorite and uh.
You know common.
Is that uh plus 475 Underdog? So you know it’s uh.
It’S looking like they uh, you know they.
They already think the outcome is going to be, but yeah you can’t count out.
Kami, though you can’t, you can’t count them up like I said it only takes one punch to change the whole outcome, yeah all right.
That’S it and and Kami kami’s uh.
You know he he can sneak that in there and uh.
You know you can’t count him out.
He’S uh, you know he’s he’s been in this ring.
He knows he knows what he’s doing and uh yeah we’re.
Definitely gon na see him pull something I think he can pull.
You know, I think he can pull it off man, the guy you know, he’s been in the ring 35 times man.
So he’s, though he’s you know he has ringing experience and you know veterans like that.
He can never count them out, because you know they know these little tips and tricks and things to do, and you know and and at the same time he’s not fighting lomachenko.
You know he’s not fighting the the best.
You know one of the best boxers out there.
You know with the with their angles in the foot movement, you know he’s also fighting Jose Ramirez that typically he likes to stand in front of the the other, his opponent and bang it out.
So you know you’re not gon na get much movement from Ramirez, but that you know so that that’ll give him um a great chance.
You know style makes fights, and you know he he does have that punches.
Uh chance.
You know and and Ramirez has said you know he’s – he said it he’s gone on – you know gone on, quotes and said.
Connie is a champion fight Championship fighter with everything to gain.
He expects the best version of Kami to show up um.
You know so he’s he’s taking he’s not taking it lightly.
Man he’s taking it with a you know, bit of respect for the guy.
You know he is a championship fighter.
He knows what he’s doing in there.
So watch him to be a little uh little cautious.
As it starts, and then you know we’ll see, we’ll see how it goes uh as it progresses nothing but fireworks, that’s it! That’S it.
Oh man, so many fights uh man 52 minutes into holy girl.
Look at that almost almost ate up the whole hour.
Talking about all the fights this weekend, we we have not have any pauses in this whole.
Show I’ll tell you that much, no, no so much to talk about, and then this is where Graham usually does his rant.
I’M sorry almost knocked my speaker over.
No, no, no, I I I I I I said my two cents at the beginning of this I mean uh.
I I think what has happened between Fury and music is a disgrace for boxing, a black guy for boxing uh.
If Yuri wasn’t going to take the fight to begin with, then he just should have walked away, as I’ve always said.
If he, because he’s already said he retired once before so stay retired, then just stop stop.
Because, last year we had this discussion about the heavyweight division being rather clogged and being clogged from an English perspective.
Okay, so realistically uh, are they going to be able to unclog it this year? So, if Yuri finally finally steps down and remains stepped down and then allows some of these younger guys to step up, and – and this is what I want to see – I want to see some – you know some of these Big Fellas have had their chances and failed And now it’s it would be interesting to see what happens honestly between Joshua and Franklin I am looking forward to that is that could go either way too.
You know I’ll, be you know yeah.
If Franklin is as true to his word and he starts nailing, uh, Joshua and Joshua can’t handle it mentally uh.
You know it’ll be lights out so anyway.
So it’s it’s crazy.
You know Jermaine Franklin, you know he’s ranked 35th in that division.
You know in the world and uh it it’s it’s.
It’S incredible that you know the top.
The top eight, the top eight are 33 and older wow in the heavyweight division.
So you know you round up the top 10, the youngest guys Daniel Dubois, 25 Parker’s 31.
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Everybody else is 33 and up so you know that this whole top end of This heavyweight division is getting kind of old right soon, coming to an end, [ Laughter, ], yeah we’ve mentioned a few heavyweight names and uh.
You know our two favorite topics are, you know the the exciting divisions in the men’s side of things, but in particular we always mention the women but the heavyweight.
If we, if we could just finally get to a decent heavyweight fight, yeah Fraser Clerk’s, pretty good uh, but at the end of the day you know I don’t like the way and the British control this through their associations with pay-per-view structuring.
So you know, matchroom has a disown, uh deal um, you know and then there’s this guy, but the point is: is they can only make these fights if they are um, matched against an equal opponent with the same uh Matchmaker? Quite frankly, so so Eddie Hearns kind of left out in the dark, okay, great he’s, hoping Auntie Joshua wins great he’s got he’s got a lineup of three or four fights for Auntie Joshua this year.
If he wins this fight against Franklin, great but there’s a whole other world out there of heavyweight boxers is what I continually say, and and and now we’re starting to see the fruits of that conversation.
Quite frankly, because what I’m telling you, when Jared and steps steps across the pond he’s going to beat the hell out of these guys, he he’s he’s going to come in as fast and furious as uh Mike Tyson did back in the day.
That’S uh! That’S what they’re? That’S what they’re saying? That’S what they believe, man and you know like one day one day, nobody heard of Mike Tyson next day he’s knocking people out left right in the center, and I think that’s what’s going to happen with respect to Jared Anderson people.
People are taking him rather lightly across the pond and they shouldn’t be they uh.
They they breed him.
They breed him really big in Toledo, Ohio, apparently, but but that’s one and he’s only 23 right like if we go by this old man.
Strength thing: he hasn’t even gotten that yet and he’s laying guys out all the time right, also yeah, and then you also got ta you’re, also going to look at um uh Richard Torres man, The Olympian like there’s another guy with some heavy heavy hands, just making Quick work of everybody they put in front of them.
You know we just got to get some better competition in front of you know a couple of these guys.
Jermaine Franklin, though, like you know it’s it’s great.
That he’s got that opportunity um.
If we see if we see the Anthony Joshua of past, I don’t see you know Franklin making too much of a dent in uh in in the rounds that are winning but yeah, but just just like just like Andy Ruiz, everybody was counting him out.
You know, and then he came with the overhand right and just you know laid Joshua out clean.
So you know again, you know, uh Franklin is a shorter fighter.
He’S gon na have to go in there and fight inside, and you know glass jaw better watch for that overhand right yeah.
Definitely definitely, I can’t wait to see it, though it’s gon na be great, so so um shout out to Carl across the pond.
He’S uh letting us know uh that in his opinion, Anderson needs a test uh and adds that Dubois had the balls to jump in with Joyce fair enough um.
But Jared Anderson needs a test before coming over to take on who, who would he take on? I mean he would probably he would I guarantee you.
He would give Tyson Fury a hell of a run, that’s for sure uh, but when you start going down the ladder and that’s what you’re doing after Tyson Fury in that heavyweight division um, I don’t know who yusux gon na end up fighting who’s.
He fighting who’s.
This Challenger he’s mandatory’s now Dubois is that is that right, cam, oh dillian, white! No, I’m one of those two! I can’t remember which one it is, but you know so what you said you should use Music wins, okay at the end of the day, but let’s see, let’s see, let’s see, wilderness well, okay, I’ve often said and and Chad love your opinion on this one uh.
One shot to the head and Wilder is done.
His his brain has already been diagnosed, he’s had uh two major concussions and that’s a brain injury of severity that you cannot take lightly.
You know um, so at the end of the day one punch, the head Wilder is toast and I mean gone so I I would not put Wilder in any serious competition right now.
Just for his Health’s sake.
I really feel sorry for that.
Guy he’s got an immense amount of pride.
He is the bronze bomber.
I do appreciate what he’s attempted to do, but he’s had his day yeah and shouldn’t there be like a concussion Clause.
You know after you know, however, many concussions that you might receive in your in your boxing career shouldn’t.
You know the boxing commissions, you know the boxing Gods shouldn’t they just like forcefully make you retire.
Instead of putting your life on the line.
You know I see this all the time you know these boxers.
You know, you know they come from poverty and they they go into the boxing World.
They get into these fights uh.
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