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Oh yeah, hello, Boston fans around the world time for joins us once again for another episode of the Friday night panel featuring Tim Witherspoon, your favorite Michael, my favorite, and me grumpy, Graham, but we’re here we’re here to talk tonight about a couple of things and a Couple of upcoming fights and a couple of previous fights, but one thing’s on our minds, is what happened uh last weekend when Joe Joyce lost his so-called chin uh to July.
So who, who wants to start off with a little bit of uh, I’m gon na start? It I’m gon na start it off, though, all right.
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Let me tell you I didn’t hear what he said.
I heard some of it anyway.
I was paying attention I was.
I was like.
I just checked in I I you know before we went live on air uh.
I was asking about the Joe Joyce situation, because you know the British press were all over this.
They thought he was going to win by knockout blah blah blah and then, at the end of the day, he himself found himself in front of a giant and uh.
You know, quite frankly, this is what I’ve been saying for a long long time.
The British press are going to find out very quickly that there’s a whole entire Global Universe of heavyweights out there waiting to Chomp on uh all these all these guys in in britons anyway, Tim.
I want to turn it over to you.
I want your opinion uh.
Let us have it, I’m always talking about the skill part and every and and the evidence is in uh Joyce’s face uh you’ve seen his eye was all red, swollen um and these are minor things.
That’S very important that the management and everybody should be.
You know looking at it, all you had to do was prac get somebody to show you how to block that right hand that was coming in easy, easy and, and I don’t know they do they know how to do that or what is it they don’t know.
Boxing, honestly honestly, for me, I think well, first of all Joe Joyce came in what 20 pounds lighter than he usually does and uh his game plan was to was to box with Zhang and unfortunately that game plan seemed to not work at all um.
You know Joyce was not the heavier guy in there he was uh, you know outweighed um and outskilled uh.
Just you know.
Well, it’s not about it.
It’S not a you.
Listen his opponent didn’t wasn’t all that either he got to give it to him.
You got to give it to him, but he was just basic, also yeah, you, you guys Bush got exposed, his trainers got exposed and I keep talking this training stuff.
All he had to do was block that chair, especially when you got no, especially when you got no head movement you’re in the pocket yeah.
He had no head movement whatsoever taking those shots.
Graham, what do you got to say about it? I just have to say that Zhang came in as a southpaw and I’m Blown Away the Joe Joyce’s trainers didn’t say: hey man watch that watch that left watch that why? Because Joe Joyce’s right eye kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger they’ve never been doing this before the fight.
Exactly honestly, no in training camp.
You train! Excuse me.
Let me cut you up in training camp.
You train to to nullify your opponent’s strength, so his straight left get hitting and if he was training and can’t block it, it wouldn’t have been it would.
He would have eliminated that it would have been a different outcome.
Go ahead at one point.
At one point there he was circling away.
From that left hand, there was a point there.
I believe it was the third round uh he started.
I don’t even think he knew what he was doing.
No, I think I I think he was just doing it out of out of instinct but uh there was.
There was some time there where you know you could see that he didn’t want to get hit with that left anymore, because you know Zang kept kept Landing.
That thing at will like he landed whenever he could and uh you know it was it was that that that that uh, that hook, you know that left in the right hook.
That’S what he said was going to destroy him.
Take him out and uh.
You know.
That’S what ended up finishing the finishing the match for him, and that was a straight left that kept tagging him really that just opened the door up for everything else and – and I hate to say it – that the um, his uh uh uh um, his opponent, courageous Strong and but he wasn’t complicated either.
That’S right! That’S right! I hate saying these things on boxing I’ll, let you know in in my opinion, because everybody had one if it’s complicated, but he wasn’t that complicated George made him look even more more devastated than what he really is.
So so, after after uh the fight had finished, it wasn’t long uh that uh Eddie Hearn came out and said well, Geelong Zhang is not an elite Fighter.
The elite fighters in the heavyweight division are Tyson Fury, Alexander yusik, Auntie, Joshua, his fighter and and and and and Deontay Wilder.
He said there were four fighters in the elite League in heavyweight Division and jolang Zhang was not one of them, but Joe Jewish would be one and Jang Jang, I’m just telling you if they, if they were taking their stuff up there, because they got plenty of Heart they got plenty of both of them for it you know and and um that’s all it is man, I’m telling you all.
All I’m saying is: go ahead.
The elite, the elite Fighters that that uh match or want to promote uh, do not include a vast array of heavyweight fighters from around the world.
Is all I’m saying so.
Okay, so Jang from his point came out of nowhere uh to beat Joe Joyce, which was not part of his roster.
He didn’t care at the end of the day.
What I’m saying is is it proves our Point? What we’ve been talking about for a long time? There are a lot of heavyweight fighters from around the world and they’re, not taking uh they’re, not being provided The credibility that they should be provided uh by promoters such as Eddie, Hearn and matchroom.
And that’s that’s all.
I have to say about that: well, Zhang is now uh.
Well, there is a rematch clause.
In there yep there was a rematch class um Zhang, though on.
On the other hand, uh says that um Fury, usik or Joshua fight, and he wants it in beijing’s Bird Nest.
Okay, so so so you heard about the you heard: okay, so this this week, uh out of the blue uh everyone’s talking about well who’s, who’s, Tyson, Fury, gon na fight next Andrew Ruiz Jr right exactly and this one’s supposed to be on the 15th or 22nd Of July of July, and that came out of Eddie hearn’s mouth yeah, okay, so the big fight news was this four battle fight that was going to take place in Saudi Arabia in December, so whether it takes place or not, it’s irrelevant to us.
Well, we’re all curious about is whether or not you sick will fight someone before December, so who would that be? And so anyway, so the heavyweight division is is, is, quite frankly up in the air uh.
You know in in terms of what Eddie Eddie Hearn saying in terms of uh all the yelling and scream that’s going on uh in England right now, because, quite frankly, their domination of the heavyweight division is at best diminished, a little bit by uh by Zhang’s uh Defeat I mean he, he clobbered Joe Joyce.
He clobbered him yeah yeah.
If uh, if we see a rematch, I don’t think we’re gon na see the same Joe Joyce out there um.
You know he was real trim man.
He was real trim.
That’S that’s! That’S what blows me away like he came up.
The latest he’s been uh, he wanted to sit back and he wanted a box with Zhang.
He don’t know he’s not.
He don’t he’s not he’s not that kind of guy to see what we wanted to see from Joe Joyce was that Relentless heavy weight pressure that come forward? No stopping put it this way, Joe Joyce on average, throws about 80 punches around after three rounds.
He’D only thrown 80 punches wow, so that’s a huge difference in your game.
So your game, you totally went to you know, went back to the drawing board and tried to come out and tried to outbox a guy who’s got boxing skills, yeah better skills than you.
So you know, I think that was that was the biggest part of the backfire right there, and then he got hit with that left one too many times that, oh, that I started to close up and then now you know it’s getting landed at will because he Can’T see it coming, you know, yep, honestly, I don’t care how many times the doctor was like how many fingers, how many fingers [ __ ] man, you were guessing and you were guessing right Bud because there’s no way you could see that [ __ ] there’s! No way there was no way, because that I that I would shut that I was shot.
It reminded me of ebony Bridges eye quite frankly, yeah yeah, just uh, not as bad [, Laughter ], it’s just as things are getting things are really I mean it was exciting fight in terms of um.
You know building up big fights and stuff which is really cool.
You had the names out there and now everybody know his opponent’s name but um when you, when you you know when you really think about and talk about it.
This is it’s kind of sad.
I hate to say it I mean if it’s English, I know it was English, but just looking at the fight um I I like, I was disappointed in a way.
Even you know, I was like wow they’re gon na need these guys.
So I guess a lot of people if you’re in the fight they support them.
They don’t care about all that now, but the old-timer guys like me, I’m serious about it.
I’M like wow.
This is all we got to work on a lot of things that uh his opponent.
What’S how you say his name yeah, he was good, but now he’s like he, he hateful to afraid he’s actually uh.
He made history about becoming uh.
China’S first uh first world champion that is really good motivation and everything I like that.
But when you really look at it he didn’t he didn’t really be the top.
Do you do you think, do you think we see uh? Do you think we see what he’s requesting uh the bird Fest in in China? Do you think we see that fight happen, one of those guys in China? No, no, he won’t get it I’ll.
Tell you why no I’ll tell you why uh the Chinese government takes 50 right off the top wow there’s no promoter and then on top of that you’re sanctioning bodies right, so I’m just I’m just and that – and that comes straight from one of the guys in China that I know really well and he’s telling me there’s no way professional fights will take place in China because the Chinese government will take the money and so they’re fighting for magic beans.
Yeah exactly but but my point my point earlier was this Tim uh there’s an awful lot of July zhangs in China right now and the British have just touched the top of the iceberg when it comes to uh how how weak they are in dominating the heavyweight Division, I think to me, is just it’s not like it used to be, it can be, it can be, and you’re gon na get this from me.
Every fight you guys want to have different, uh different versions, different whatever it is about the fight.
I see we’re really really hurting the boxing industry.
I don’t know you know you get this guy saying these fights.
Joyce is a big fight, but the major like a lot of the guys like me, would I’m just like wow.
I mean that was a good, exciting fight in terms of building and everything and television, but me watching it.
I was like and and he’s a champ now right, yeah.
He is now the interim WBO Champion right, okay, yeah uh! Well, congratulations and just got to keep on pushing um and but for me uh, you know what I don’t know.
I don’t know.
I don’t know how much longer we’ll see Zhang anyway, man he’s 39 years old.
That’S a good point yeah.
He probably in good shape.
Probably okay, you serious in the ring.
I can’t remember what fight it was um.
He was, he was in there and he and he had to be care.
He literally had to be carried by his Corner out of the ring because he was suffering from such bad heat, bad dehydration, that he was suffering kidney failure yeah.
I don’t know how in shape this 280 pound Asian guy is, but you know what I mean yeah fair enough, good comment.
The point of matter is Tyson.
The whole entire heavyweight division is going to get moved around a little bit and in the upcoming weeks.
Well, he he’s now moved up to ninth in the world, not heavyweight division, so in in what WBA, no uh we’re talking we’re talking pound for pound uh you’re like yeah, like he’s he’s, like he’s he’s up there, you know wow uh he’s rounding up the top Ten Joe Joyce now being number ten, then we got Zhang, Dubois, Ortiz, white, Wilder, Ruiz, Joshua, usick and fury so yeah, fair enough and and now that we look at it now that we look at it, you know there’s only one guy one guy in the top Ten of the heavyweights in the world that is still in his 20s and that’s Daniel Dubois.
Ah everybody else, everybody else is 33 and up you know it’s a disappointment and that realm is a trauma or itama or whatever his name.
He lost right.
No Moses, yeah! Didn’T he lose? No, he he went the distance.
He was brought the distance for the first time: okay, okay, but but surprisingly, um.
You know he looked a little gassed at the end of it.
Just because you know he’s only been in the ring for 30 seconds.
Each time uh everything’s fought but uh he showed really good skills.
He showed uh he’s got he’s got an arsenal of punches.
He came from all different angles.
He went to the body he went to the Head.
Who is this? Who is this Moses, saitumo? Okay? He wants to become, he wants to beat Mike Tyson’s record of becoming the youngest World Heavyweight Champion.
I think I might have seen him he’s good.
He is good he’s uh he’s a young cat man he’s he’s only he’s only 19 years old, so yeah heavyweight heavyweight.
Yes, I think I might have seen it where is he from yeah where’s he from well? I believe, oh you guys put the bounce right back with that now.
I believe it’s UK, but originally yeah.
I was in Kent before yeah.
You see he’s from Kent, okay, but originally originally.
I think I think, he’s from somewhere else, but no it’s uh, I’m pretty sure he’s from Kevin Shania but anyways.
We do have fights, though this weekend, all right! Yes, let’s! Oh oh, do we have fights? Yes, let me pound through the two that don’t really matter to everybody else.
First right but uh, we are going to talk about this one uh as a boxing World prepares uh for what is sure to be an exhilarating night of fights.
All eyes are on Joe cardina, the Welsh boxer with a point to proof.
Cordina’S journey to become a two-time ibf super featherweight world champion has been a long and challenging one, but he is determined to come out on top in this highly anticipated rematch against requiemov uh.
You know gardena’s career has been nothing but short of impressive 15 wins and nine Knockouts under his belt uh.
His biggest Triumph came in uh June of 2021 when he captured the ibf super featherweight World title uh with a devastating one-punch knockout of um kenchi uh Ogawa, and it was a night that will forever be etched in the Welsh boxing histories in Wells.
Boxing history, as cardina became the latest in a long line of Welsh world champions.
However, perdema’s Reign was short-lived as he suffered a hand, injury that required surgery and uh was stripped of his ibf uh title.
The setback was a major blow to the 29 year old boxer, but he refused to let it hold him back.
Instead, he trained harder than ever before, determined to regain this title and prove that he is a true champion, but standing in cordina’s way right, kimov.
The current ibf super featherweight world champion uh.
You know he won that vacant Title by stubby, Manchester’s uh, zelfa Barrett in nine rounds and uh.
He has since established himself as one of the most formidable boxers in the division with a record of 17, and oh with one drop or kimov is a tough opponent who is not to be underestimated.
Despite the challenge ahead, cardina is confident that he has what it takes to come out on top uh speaking ahead of the fight he said quote, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and doing what I do best.
I’Ve been working hard in the gym and I’m feeling fitter and stronger than ever right.
Kimov is a great fighter, but I’m ready for the challenge.
The stage is set for a night of Unforgettable boxing action and fans can expect to be treated to some thrilling.
Undercard fights as well Welsh, Rivals, Gavin Gwen uh, Craig Woodruff uh will rematch for the British lightweight title and Jordan.
Thompson puts his ibf European title on the line against Luke Watkins, but it is cordina’s attempt to win back his ibf super featherweight title.
That is sure to steal the show.
The Welsh wizard has already proven himself to be a true champion, but he has one more challenge to overcome.
If he succeeds, he will go down in history as one of the greatest boxers to come out of Wales.
So guys make sure you get your seat.
Get you know, get your seats ready, Sit down, you’re going to want to watch this one.
This one is starting 2 p.
m.
Eastern time so make sure you check this one out guys it’s uh, it’s gon na be a good one.
So, as we move on as we move on get to the big one get to the big one.
Well, we have rozadesky and Babbage.
First, oh, we got to talk about the Babbage fight right.
You know I got 10 minutes go, go ahead! I’M sorry! Yeah um this one here! You know the main event we’ll see this one, this one’s good, uh boxing fans.
You have to look out, and you know, look forward to uh this, as boxer presents its second International Event of the year.
Uh this one’s happening in Poland uh the main event will feature the hard-hitting Croatian Alex Allen, The Savage Babbage taking on The Undefeated polish fighter.
Lucas rosinowski for the vacant WBC World bridgerweight Championship uh, the undercard is stacked with an elite championship boxing, including the highly anticipated boxer debut of the next King of Scotland, Martin bacoli, or Buckle um, and the unbeaten Londoner Jamie tkv back in Action.
Love watching this kid man, yeah uh, the formidable care uh, Caroline Dubois – will also be in attendance uh fighting overseas for the first time as a professional Dubai is a rising star trained by Shane mcguigan uh and is currently undefeated with an impressive record of 605 Kos Uh her opponent for the night um will be named, I’m not sure if it’s uh come up yet who she’s fighting but yes, uh this one’s gon na be great uh.
I I expect her to come through and and do what she’s done in uh.
You know in in her last six man and that’s just you know, come out and just collabor them uh Martin McColl, another Boxer, signing uh, who else will be making his highly anticipated, debut um.
You know this kid.
This heavyweight is ranked highly by the WBA will be looking to make a major statement when he takes on the unbeaten Ukrainian uh serendusky uh, because record is an impre is as impressive as the stature having won 18 professional fight fights, including his last in May of 2022, when he celebrated a major decision win over Tony yoka in Paris, which I thought Yoko was going to come through with that Victory.
Unfortunately, I was wrong uh because only defeat was in 2018 to an American heavyweight Michael Hunter, but he has responded with seven consecutive wins, since five of which would knock out puts including a Marie’s watch.
Uh Jamie tkv, this kid man, an undefeated heavyweight from London, will also be making an appearance on the undercard.
The 29 year old has made a great impression, with boxer, enjoying four wins uh, including his breathtaking points victory over Harry Armstrong last month, tkv has been training in Texas and can now look forward uh to his first outside London when he travels to Poland.
For this fight uh, the main event will see popular Croatia knockout with artists, Alan Babbage, guys Babbage.
I can’t wait to see this one man vavage has an impressive record 11-010 Knockouts and is known for his hard-hitting style.
Rosaneski, on the other hand, is also undefeated with a record of 14-0 and 13 Knockouts and will have to support of his home crowd in Poland.
So you know, boxer, boxer, CEO and founder Ben Sloan is excited about the event saying I quote.
Another significant European Adventure awaits Paris was an incredible success and we believe this fight night in Poland will be hugely impactful in the world of boxing.
Boxing fans will not want to miss this event.
Guys, yes uh, you know which will be live and exclusively broadcast in the UK and the Republic of Ireland on Sky Sports, with a stacked, undercard and Main Event featuring two hard-hitting fighters battling for the vacant WBC World Bridgeway Championship.
They have promises to be an unforgettable night of elite championship boxing guys.
Now we move on to the one that everybody’s been waiting for yeah.
That’S, that’s! That’S the one that’s been in the making for years guys it’s been in the making for years.
Boxing fans are eagerly awaiting this showdown between the two of sports biggest Stars: gervante tank Davis and King Ryan, Garcia, both undefeated with impressive records.
The fighters have been building up to this moment for years and the anticipation is palpable with the fight set to take place on April 22nd.
It’S a T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas.
The boxing world is Buzzy with excitement.
Davis five-time three Division World Champion has established himself as one of boxing’s must-see attractions, selling out Arenas across the country, he’s known for his devastating Knockouts and his ability to dominate opponents in the ring.
Garcia, on the other hand, is a rising star in the sport, with an impressive record and a growing fan base uh, you know he has shown his power and skill in the ring knocking out some of the sports stuff.
His opponents, the build up to this fight, has been intense, with both Fighters engaging in a war of words and the lead up to the Belt.
You know, Davis has been uncharacteristically quiet, though uh letting his fist do the talking in the ring Garcia.
On the other hand, has been very vocal about his desire to fight Davis and has been calling him out for years.
The tension between these two fighters is is high and uh.
It’S clear that this is a grudge match that will settle a long-standing rivalry.
The fight is being promoted by GTB promotions, tgb promotions and Golden Boy promotions, and the latest telecast is being produced by Showtime pay-per-view.
This is a rare matchup of unbeaten superstars in their primes of their careers and is sure to be a memorable event, uh.
The fact that this fight is taking place at T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, the historic home of boxing’s great Grudge matches only adds to this excitement.
Uh in a sport where negotiations among networks and promoters can often hold Fighters and fans back from the super clashes that we all crave.
Uh Garcia’s, bold stance on player empowerment has won him accolades across both boxing community and the professional sports World.
By insisting on making this fight happen, he has shown that he is willing to do whatever it takes to give the fans the matchup they want to see.
In the end, it will come down to what happens in the ring.
Both Davidson Garcia are skilled Fighters with impressive records and it’s sure to be a hard-fought battle fancy you expect to see plenty of fireworks with these two undefeated Superstars step into the ring uh, whether Davis, solidifies himself as the future face of boxing or Garcia, continues to Ascend to the top of the sport remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: this is the fight that boxing fans don’t want to miss, that is 100 and the undercard is speaking for itself on this one as well.
Huge huge fights super excited.
What are your thoughts on this one? Graham, I’m I’m glad Josh before you went to the undercard.
I’Ve said it before I’ll say it again.
I I like the fact that uh, you know Garcia’s got the the height the reach uh the speed, but they called Davis tank.
For a reason – and here we have a classic matchup of undefeated boxing Legends among among the younger among the younger followers of boxing anyway, and I’m really looking forward to this fight, because it’s really up in the air I’ve been back and forth.
My opinion goes back and forth every single day, but uh, I’m I’m I’m quite certain that uh, it’s just gon na be a great fight.
I mean I’ve.
I’Ve seen the I’ve seen I’ve seen everybody’s report left right and Center uh.
You know Tank’s gon na win.
It within six or or It’s Gon na Go the Distance they’re gon na leave in the hands of Judges.
My point is: is it’s gon na be a great fight? It’S one.
We’Ve been looking for for ages for ages.
We’Ve been looking forward to this fight, so it’s gon na be a great fight.
I I what I look forward to is: whoever wins: okay, whoever wins they’re gon na, have to fight uh Devin Haney right yeah, so so it’s gon na be whatever ends up.
As being oh, you know, honestly, I can say I can say Garcia looks real big and ripped for 136 man.
He looks monstrous, I was, I was very, very impressed to see his physique he’s he’s put on a size and and honestly the thing.
The thing is to me: is that um, both of them – and I keep saying it’s over again – have devastating punches left hooks ten got that that that uh on the inside yeah, you got that on the upper on the inside, and I keep going back to the Drawing board defense yeah, I’m gon na tell you tank Davis.
Defense is just a little bit tighter yeah, it’s a little bit tighter than his opponent.
Garcia.
I see you don’t have he don’t come right back to defense at all, so this is the only thing I’m saying they both lack a little like tighter defenses and I’m always talking about defense tanks a little tighter, but they both could punch their butt off yeah.
So um I’m looking for somebody to go down yeah honestly, I don’t think it’s going past.
I don’t think it’s going past six or seven.
I think that’s where it’s gon na end 67th round um! Look.
You know what part A lot of people counted, though tank Davis, when he fought rolly Romero.
Okay, what happened there? Yo? He shut everybody up the same way: man game, a devastating nasty shot, and that was it man.
It was over tank, don’t hit like 135 pounds.
He hits like a big boy.
Yeah.
Oh you know, like he’s, there’s a lot of things.
There’S a lot of factors here.
Both guys are going to be head hunting.
Both guys are going to be looking at the most.
They are not looking to go the distance, but I don’t see, I don’t see it ending in the first two rounds.
I think for the first two rounds, we’re gon na see a lot of reserved uh composure from both Fighters.
They’Re really going to be feeling themselves out.
I think the action will start to get underway above the third or fourth round, and I think we’re gon na see Davis uh finish him.
I think we’re gon na see Davis finish him, sixth or seventh round.
That’S my predictions for this fight.
You know nothing against Garcia, but if you think about it, look at the last five fights that Tank’s been in the ring with you know what I mean, the the opposition that he’s been facing is on a higher caliber than Ryan Garcia has been facing in his Career right, you’re, a champion which means you’re fighting ones all the time, you’re, not fighting losers.
You know the guys that are on the resume of Tang Davis are are much more accomplished boxers than the guys that Ryan Garcia’s face, I’m not taking anything away from Garcia, but man is a brilliant, a brilliant pugilist.
You know with heavy hands yes, but at the end of the day, has he fought champions.
He hasn’t hang on hey Tom, real, quick, real, quick.
Some got sometimes guys like that that’ll be their big fight, like you said he hasn’t been fighting tough guys or whatever.
This might be his one that I’ve done it before I’ve done it.
You know or he’s been fighting, but then this is the one to prove yeah yeah, so he might be on that trip.
Let’S hope I thought they was playing around too much.
It went on the on the on them advertisements and stuff.
For some reason I didn’t like that.
You know they must know each other.
They know each other, even though we’re serious.
I agree um when that bell rang, but I got the feeling they you know.
They know they did, they know each other right.
I don’t believe they’ve sparred, okay, they joked around before or something because they were like they doing it for me and they’re going to get in there.
When that bell ring and they’re going to fight.
I I think I think I think Garcia took a lot of uh a lot of The credibility away from his resume, simply because he took the fight uh, because he he he wanted to prove that he could step into the ring against tank and obviously beat him.
You know so so, realistically, Garcia is taking a huge pay cut.
If you will uh, you know, but if he wins he’s he’s got everything to win for he’s the man right exactly so.
At the end of the day, it’s going to be a very interesting match.
Simply because of the uh restrictions, if you will that the the the the the Davis Camp put on at the Garcia camp but Garcia, took those restrictions and said: okay, I’ll fight with those restrictions, that’s fair enough and I’ll beat you and why? Because they they all.
They all here’s the funny thing.
It’S not really about this particular fight.
It’S about the Haney fight, right, hmm, right it that that’s the fight that matters this is this is the lead up, both Garcia and it’s the big one.
I think this is the big one.
Well, okay, I feel this in the big one more than any.
Okay, all I’m saying is is wait until the fight is finished tomorrow night and the next thing that comes out of the winners mouth is going to be.
I want Haney okay, you see what I’m saying like I.
I just think I I like whoever wins tomorrow night.
Their first words are going to be.
I want Haney, so I so they’re, both undefeated they’re, both great Fighters they’ve both got advantages, disadvantages uh, but I you know they call the tank they could they call tank for tank for a reason if that was, if I was Garcia’s, I hate to cut you Off if I was Garcia’s uh strategy guy, I would I would be telling him to work on that right hand trying to throw the right hand, because he they gon na, be looking for his left hook, because he has a good left hook so in training camp.
I’D have been practicing on on throwing the right and the left and trying to catch uh, uh tank Davis.
We either won, but they look in the blockers left hook – probably all the time right so so he should be.
He shouldn’t strengthen this up for the fight strapping the right hand up for the fight, even throw it straight or whipping in but tease him with the left.
They know that he got a good left hook, Garcia, so that’s that should be their their fight plan.
Keep throwing that left hook, but when training camp trying to make this right hard, she can get him out too.
So I wonder what we’re going to see tomorrow.
You know that kind of technique.
You know what honestly honestly, we’re gon na see a great fight, but honestly, the undercard of this event is stopped yeah.
It is okay, it’s stacked! It’S stacked.
Man like like, I profiled the kid Jaleel Hackett AKA major yeah.
You know this kid’s five and all uh yo tank Davis’s party partner, to be honest, uh kids signed to uh Money, Mayweather youngest kid signed by Mayweather.
I think I seen it is he a light? Complected black kid uh he’s not that late he’s he’s not as light as or sorry he’s lighter than Mayweather, but just say yes, yes, watch out for this kitchen, it’s uh Christy, Tristan, called Who’s Back In Action.
Hey Lorenzo Simpson in action, our Boy Floyd Scofield back in Action, yep um, Vito, Maliki, Jr, um, watch out for this kid uh.
I will be profiling, him um uh next week, Fedora suzekian! You know this kid from Poland, another big Polish kid man, 6-1 72 inch reach 27 years old, he’s 21-0 with 13 Knockouts in that middleweight division.
He’S now moved up into the ranks, he’s 18 out of 1526 in the world, and this kid is coming off of a unanimous decision, win against uh Nathaniel Gilmore uh.
That was back on November, the 5th uh last year.
So we haven’t seen this kid um in.
In action yet uh, birthplace, uh, he is born in Ukraine.
Uh resides out of Warsaw, Poland uh this kid.
You know big reach real tall, middleweight division, uh watch out for this kid man he’s uh, he’s gon na be in that ring doing some doing some things that uh that we’d like to see man and uh honestly Elijah Garcia in the ring 14-0.
Another another fight here, the one that uh that I’m kind of looking forward to Vector miracusive yeah, Gabriel Rosado Gabriel.
Yes, yes, we all know we all know Gabe Rosado.
We know him a trained with him.
I train yeah.
We know we know him because uh he beat he beat back to me or melakusa.
Okay, I believe.
Yes, he did in round three.
He beat him uh kayode.
That was the first first loss of betameer melakusive’s career was at the hands of Gabriel Rosado and they are getting back in the ring guys to to uh.
Do this one again number two: he was only 7-0 at this point when he took on Gabe Rosado, Gabe Rosado third round knockout Rosado was down in round one melakusu was down around three and never got back up.
So this one, this one’s, looking like it’s gon na be uh a bit of a blood bath.
These guys are gon na go at it hard because I know melatusive, you know he’s got something to prove there: the bully he Uzbekistan, Southpaw, five, nine.
Seventy and a half inch reach man.
This kid he’s a beast in that ring uh, you know he’s held that WBO Global super middle title and uh yeah, he’s back in Action, can’t wait to see this one getting underway, super super excited and round.
You know if that undercard and then moving into, I guess the co-main event David Morrell Jr, taking in on Yamaguchi Falco for the WBA World Super middle title, Morel, all the way, all the way, yeah yeah Morel, all the way.
For me, too, uh he’s, you know, he’s let’s, you know: eight, no seven Knockouts super middleweight ranked eighth in the world.
At a 1438 you know six one, seven, eight and a half inch reach he’s coming off of um.
You know that knockout Victory late late in the free last last November, the 5th he came through with a late KO Victory against uh adios uh, your busanelli um yeah man – that one was good.
That was for that WBA World Super middle title yeah.
That’S one point for holding, so you be pronouncing them names, real good, that’s pretty good, yeah, very good, Mike Nelly! That’S how you pronounce it your Boosie Nelly, okay, yeah! So it’s uh! It’S good man, there’s some great action, but yeah Davis, Garcia! That’S the fight that everybody’s waiting for that’s the fight of the weekend and I’m hoping that I get to report The Knockout of the week is going to be that fight and I hope, somebody’s going down real hard, uh Davis, real quick Davis got a tighter defense.
Even though there’s more different options, how you switch your defense with your hands, but you know basically straight keep it tight like this, both boxes or most boxers, but there’s other stuff you, you know you get used to doing um, but both of them, okay, Davis, gets Real tight and I I didn’t see, uh Garcia, getting tight.
I just seemed good, but he maybe put his hands back.
Some guys is aware of it.
Put them all way back and not seen Davis doing this before, and so some people some boxers put their hands.
Just right here for defense and some of them that know deep and really know what they put them tight on here, like that so Davis, I’ve seen him doing it sometimes going to take but Garcia.
I didn’t.
I didn’t really really see him doing like.
So that’s what I’ll be studying when I be watching these boxes right, you know, because you also got counter uh depending on how tight your hands.
Are.
You don’t want to counter really that much of day out here you encounter you want them to commit all year hit hairs.
You can do that or hit here hit.
You know like that, so so um um, it’s just tomorrow, I’m looking forward to the fight and um.
I think that the one who lacks the defense again during this error is going to get knocked.
The hell out definitely definitely baby sleepy once again I’ll I’ll.
Just stress that uh, although I like uh tank, I like tank, I do Garcia, got that good, lift hook right because Garcia’s got the height to reach the speed and the, but but here’s the thing in Davis’s, favor Garcia, tends to dangle his arms a little bit.
I don’t know if he ever yeah a little bit yes and and that’s where I think that’s where I think that that left smack is going to come in.
You know.
So that’s what I’m agreeing with Mike.
You know if you’re gon na see it you’re going to see it in the sixth round.
If you don’t see it, it’s gon na it’s gon na play out and I I would hate to see it left in the hands of the judges uh.
But at the end of the day there there’s your two factors.
If you ask me, Garcia should have been practicing drilling the right hand, because you know his left hook is dangerous yeah.
He should have been practicing on defense.
Drilling that right hand right drilling the right hand, so tank can fit it forget about that powerful left horse, because we keep doing this you’re gon na forget about that and he’s bound to get hit during the fight two-time World Heavyweight Champions.
Man there you go there.
You go around.
The old time was to you but wait.
I was around Old Timers and they talked about skills more than oh, if it’s breathing right or he was with his girlfriend yesterday or you know what I’m saying and that’s why? Every time when we come on the podcast I’ll be talking about skills, but when a lot of people, don’t I’m not saying you but there’s other boxes and stuff, they don’t know skills they’ll talk about other stuff like yeah yeah, but we have to love for each Other and all this stuff that was in the way no, but but I go right to the point that I think and, and you know, and it’s the the little this might be too low – that that could be a that could be a problem in the fight Things like that, I see those those to me is more important yep.
Absolutely it’s gon na be a great fight.
It’S gon na be a great fight.
Shania.
It just requires one punch, Shania, one punch to finish yep, just one punch, I’m sorry guys hollering on the show we got the we got the we got to go.
That’S why uh we got to go in like five minutes.
Well, that’s good! We’Re almost we’re almost at that we’re almost finished yeah.
We almost said that full hour, okay, okay, yeah, fair enough, fair enough, fair enough anyway, who’s who’s, Tristan, yes, he’s on this fight card, he’s a very good fighter.
Yeah he’s uh he’s just um he’s he’s on the he’s on the Davis card.
He’S uh he’s in that uh that undercard these can make it happen.
Okay, yeah! That’S not AC! That Saudi comment with respect to whether or not okay, here, here’s the dealio.
So everyone’s arguing in England that uh Tyson Fury goes up against uh, Alexander yusik and on the same night, uh Auntie Joshua goes up against Deontay Wilder yeah sounds good to me.
Okay, it’s a great fight.
It’S a great event! It’S a it’s! Just gon na sell out the world quite frankly uh so, but the Saudis aren’t probably looking to make money uh at the end of the day they’re just they just want to make the fight happen yeah.
So, at the end of the day, what everyone’s now discussing is is well wait.
A sec music hasn’t had a fight for quite a while, so who who’s he gon na fight in between this and then so uh.
Is it going to be a Daniel Dubois situation, where you know you just put some tomatoes, the Russians to fight the Russians? That’S not that’s! Not a bad idea! Yeah put a gun in his hand; oh man put them on the front lines.
Man put them on the front lines: [ Music ] is a very good fighter.
Uh he’s been on my radar for a long time.
Definitely I’m I’m looking forward to seeing this kid uh in action he’s taking on uh Jimmy Solario, uh who’s, twelve five and two.
This one honestly is um this one.
This one shouldn’t be shouldn’t be going the distance.
This one should be ending.
Pretty quick watch out watch out for this kid’s sweet tea, sweet tea, yeah, sweet tea.
He hasn’t fought, though in a year.
So out of curiosity, are there any women fighting this weekend? Just out of curiosity yeah, like I haven’t heard any I’m just curious.
Have you have you guys heard me yeah? I haven’t heard any? No, so so, in other words, all all male weekend.
Yes, the big Garcia fight tank Davis, that’s gon na be a great fight yeah.
It is great fight.
It’S gon na be great everybody’s been waiting for that goes up there with.
If ever we see it happen, uh Terence Crawford, Errol, Spence, matchup uh, you know, and if ever we see it happen at Tyson Fury versus anyone match up.
You know I mean these are the fights that we want to see and I’m looking forward to.
I’M I’m seriously looking forward to tomorrow night’s fight – I really am oh, so am I are yeah.
What is that fight on Las Vegas? Oh, so your guys gon na charge me for a link.
Nope, oh and wait a minute.
There aren’t women fighting.
What are we talking about? They don’t need me hanging, though.
Don’T leave me hanging, no, no, no, we’re gon na hook you up we’re gon na hook, you up with our website that we watch it from, and Sky Nicholson is also uh back in Action.
Yeah against uh, Linda, Laura Lika, I’m glad I’m glad you brought that up.
I’M glad I brought it up.
Thank you.
Linda Rica, yeah, Linda Laura Lika.
Oh Lord Lika.
I like that you know Linda, come on Linda, listen, Linda, listen, [, Laughter, ] yeah! So that’s something that’s on the undercard.
I forgot yeah I’ve been making fun of Linda no, never! No! No! No! I heard I heard she needs some work.
Uh, defense, wise, okay and, and she is Canadian.
No, oh yeah! That’S Jamaican yeah man! I don’t know actually actually she’s uh she’s from Peru, so really yeah, espanol yeah yeah.
She hasn’t done much fighting out of outside of Peru, though, but uh she is she’s.
We didn’t get that much um progress on.
What’S our names uh Sandy Ryan? No, the girl that I was trained remember on on YouTube.
What’S your name, the kickboxer? Oh Shania, what’s your name, the girl? Oh, come on she’s she’s champion all right yeah.
We talked about her.
I can’t remember yeah.
Oh, she got short hair.
Really! Oh Manila.
Banana rose, rose in UFC, remember, Rose from the USA.
Are you trying to get it right? Yeah man, I’ve seen a little bit, but I didn’t pay attention.
Oh, you know what I’ll send I’ll send you a clip of some of her of some of her UFC days yeah.
But did you see we did a uh? We did a YouTube thing with her yeah yeah, so that you guys did that okay, yeah yeah.
So a quick, a quick, a quick little Switchfoot here uh I see that Floyd Mayweather uh has entered the uh the ring so to speak and said: he’s gon na bone Shania he’s gon na sign Francis Nagoya yeah he’s gon na sign Francis uh to a professional Boxing contract, who is that Francis? So he he’s a former the UFC uh, the guy, that the guy, the guy they say, hit so hard that getting hit by his full potential is the equivalent of being hit by a Ford Fiesta, doing 60 kilometers an hour wow yeah.
That’S right! Yeah the pounds per square inch and force that he generates in his shots is the equivalent of being hit by a Ford Fiesta, doing 60 kilometers an hour all right so so Mike Mike – and I are not orchestrating this conversation.
This is on the fly, but you know you know what else a Floyd Mayweather said I’ll tell you he said in order to solve the problem of boxing this incredible array of belts.
Here we go, he goes.
This is what Floyd Mayweather said this week.
He goes.
I’M going to introduce a new belt in order to solve the belt problem, he’s going to introduce a new belt called the Floyd belt.
Why? Because everyone’s gon na want to win the Floyd all right, I’m not kidding.
I actually said that yeah 10 hours ago, honest God, he he said this.
He said he said everyone’s going to want to win the Floyd belt, okay, yeah and, and so the the writer who is interviewing him said you know what it makes sense is if there was a league like Major League Baseball National Football League.
If there’s a league of boxers, where the guys who are competing in the league actually made some money like, then, then they would gladly compete for the Floyd belt uh.
You know, in other words, uh.
What the boxes really need in this day and age is, is not just the belt; they need the money they need to pay their families feed the families so anyway, so that that’s what Floyd Mayweather had to say this week, it’s part of the Garcia Davis debacle, Because uh ellerby ellerby stood up on the podium the other day and started mouthing off about uh Oscar De La Hoya’s comments.
So I don’t know if you guys were familiar.
It doesn’t matter to this conversation, but I’m just simply saying: like Floyd Mayweather has some interesting things uh to say about how he would change the boxing.
So it’s interesting to see how he sees there are issues in the boxing industry and how he sees you know on a very fundamental level, how he might be able to change them for the for all the boxers that are out there, who don’t make any money.
He sees what they really need, it’s not just the titles, but they need the money there.
You go my two cents, yeah, it’s cool.
The real solution to the problem of too many belts is to add one more hmm.
Well, what he’s saying is is one more that matters yeah one more that matters.
The thing is is that there should be multiple former boxers together discussing issues in the boxing world, not just one like with me.
If I was a billionaire um, I would make sure that everybody ever hasn’t has has a say, make sure that everybody’s United together um instead of I’m not saying Floyd, don’t it’s not doing anything like that? I would have if I had the money he had.
I would have been had everybody together and we’d have been going to to uh Washington DC to try to do get something done to protect us.
You know what I’m saying, I’m just saying I would have did it.
I would have got some money.
What what two or three million um get get everybody together, you know, try to organize the box and take it to Congress and and go from there, because we, the only sport that don’t get support uh when the career is over, like every other there’s, maybe one Or two more, but every other sport is support, they got pensions and everything all it takes is somebody like Floyd with all that money and all of us, United with it yeah, and we can get it done.
You know it would be.
It would be like a UFC type situation where the league would be separate, you’re already covered right, they’re already covered right.
The difference is that Fighters would have the opportunity to make massive money competing in this theoretical league for them right.
If Fighters can make more money fighting in this league than they do for the ABC belts right, uh it’d be clear that they would kind of head in that direction, which would eliminate the significant number of traditional titles.
But would it marginalize them to where they’re less important in the eyes of the fans? I don’t know um, you know they would be ignored by the fans and, more importantly, the network broadcasters uh, but in today’s boxing, like think about it in today’s boxing, everybody is a champion you, you have the super, the regular, the intern Champs and you know like, If you didn’t earn a belt by beating the champion, how the hell are you the champion, you know what I mean, so it’s kind of it’s just so that’s what that’s what he should be trying to do.
Unite everybody together, um real quick.
He should do that.
Um, I know he has the jewelry.
He has television has a lot of access to every a lot of people.
He can get the job done.
Yeah.
You know he can get the job done and all the boxes they do a lot of formal boxes.
They really good people they’re, not of my, like crazy they’re willing to come forward and and make things work.
All he has to do is put the put his foot down and and um get us and everybody else to take him out of his pocket.
Put his foot down he’s ready to check Yeah well, yeah, you know, take one tell him to take one step.
We take the next one, keep going we right behind you, but yeah um.
I don’t know, maybe you just he has.
He probably feel that way.
Maybe he uh when it keep on being like I’m the greatest of all times, but Muhammad Ali really is, and he deserved to be up there.
He worked hard and everything, but Ali is the greatest all these degrees, but he can help.
All he got to do is start talking, I’m telling you start talking and we all the fighters.
They’Ll come right with him he’s over in Europe, man sending me videos of guys laying out in the street drunk you serious, get the hell out of here.
I I agree, I agree Muhammad Ali’s greatest of all time: yeah yeah Chloe! That’S why that’s why I’m here? Hey, I love Muhammad.
I love Floyd.
I love everybody, but this this jealousy all around in the world different, just different, different episodes.
This year there everybody and it’s hard to avoid it.
It’S hard.
I’Ve said it time and time again Mike loves, [, __, ], yeah yeah, but but at the end of the day, what matters here is money yeah and I’ve said it before.
I said you know if Terence Crawford were really smart.
He’D put his money into not just a league but a roster sign up a whole whack of people who are really good, who who Mike points out every single day? Um? No, I’m not talking about Terence Crawford.
You taught me on Terence Crawford yeah, I mean these guys are millionaires.
Oh yeah man right Mayweather might be billionaire by now.
Uh, but but Crawford’s, probably a millionaire by now, and the point matter is, is if these guys are sick and fed up with what’s happening.
Then put your money where your mouth is put the change where it needs to be in the fighters that are coming up.
Not not you guys, you old guys, I’m not talking about you Tim, I’m talking about you know guys like Errol Spence like great, if the, if, if him and if him and if him and Bud aren’t going to go toe-to-toe, then then what are we waiting for? Like just give it up, like just just start, your own Little Gym start your own little training session start your own little promotion Club whatever, but the point matter is, is like stop the talking and start with the doing you know just like open and let’s do The walking exactly that’s what I’d say like I’m, sick and fed up of, like you know, like uh one time there was boxing and boxers boxed, okay, and that was great and now all of a sudden we’ve got this.
This weird kind of scenario where you’ve got Twitter saying things on behalf of boxers.
It’S like it’s so weird for me like like, like I don’t care what you have to say via Twitter to your 20 000 fans, who cares get in the ring solve it, with your [ __, ] mitts, and get on with it.
That’S right, man! That’S right!
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